We'll look later at what has ensued over the last 100 years in particular, but suffice to say, what a keen gardener knows now, they also knew in the late 1800s – that compost is king, complexity seems to create resilience, and that a well-grown vegetable tastes of the soil in which it was grown.
"Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy" - Matthew Evans
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@hollybee8917 thanks for making this!
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So a Mediterranean diet that targets a mix of food, not a single 'superfood' or a single villainous component of food, works better on a range of health measures than simply a low-fat diet. Eating as many different, complex-tasting delicious plant foods we can, with a small amount of pasture-raised meat if you're that way inclined, is what we are constructed to eat and enjoy.
"Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy" - Matthew Evans
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finished reading this gem today
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As you take away trees, and their deep roots die with them, the subterranean water rises, carrying salt with it.
"Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy" - Matthew Evans
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It turns out that the common soil bacterium M. vaccae acts like an antidepressant, boosting the levels of happy hormones, serotonin and norepinephrine, in humans and mammals. It also reduces stress.
"Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy" - Matthew Evans
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lovin' lombo's antics (02.15.24)
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There are some actors out there that I have no shame to respectfully stare like this:
And just *sigh* afterward.
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