LAMPOON MAGAZINE
The earth is turning into desert: agriculture must become regenerative

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A third of the earth’s topsoil – the upper level of the soil, containing the highest concentrations of organic matter, minerals and microorganisms – has been lost. The rapid degradation of global soils led the United Nations in 2014 to warn that the world’s remaining topsoil would be gone in sixty years. That’s sixty harvests left before the earth can no longer feed the planet or support life. The apocalyptic nature of this threat is underlined by studies demonstrating plummeting insect numbers and mass extinctions across the globe. Kiss the Ground documentary, directed by Rebecca Tickell and Josh Tickell, and narrated by Woody Harelson, is set out to raise awareness of how the soil can be harnessed – and healed.