
ReGen
A New Future for Farming, Food, and Health
David R. Montgomery(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 4. August 2026
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-324-11774-2 (ISBN)
Description
A century of conventional farming has left our planet with sick soil, accelerating the interlinked crises of food security, biodiversity loss, water pollution and climate change. In ReGen, David R. Montgomery lays out a practical and productive vision for recovering soil health and safeguarding the future of food. The answer: soil-building regenerative farming. In exploring this much-needed turning point for agriculture, Montgomery marshals more than a decade of research, interviewing innovative farmers and seeing firsthand how they restored degraded farms around the world. ReGen breaks down common myths around conventional and organic farming, animal agriculture and plant-based diets to frame ten policy recommendations for sustainably nourishing the world. As Montgomery shows, reducing tillage, laying off synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, growing a diversity of crops and getting livestock back on the land can reverse centuries of soil degradation and harvest nutrient-dense food. Succinct, accessible and urgent, ReGen points the way to a healthier, more resilient world.
David R. Montgomery's Growing a Revolution (ISBN 9780393356090) was praised as:
"David Montgomery... is one of our most eloquent and precise earth science communicators... [He] has a knack for opening our minds to large, critically important questions." - New Scientist
David R. Montgomery's Growing a Revolution (ISBN 9780393356090) was praised as:
"David Montgomery... is one of our most eloquent and precise earth science communicators... [He] has a knack for opening our minds to large, critically important questions." - New Scientist
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
395 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-324-11774-2 (9781324117742)
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Person
David R. Montgomery is a professor at the University of Washington and a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author and coauthor of several previous books about soil and agriculture, including Dirt, Growing a Revolution, and What Your Food Ate. He lives with his wife and collaborator Anne Bikle.