From the dawn of agriculture, great civilizations have sunk into poverty after the destruction of their once fertile lands. Today, few realize how close we are to the same fate if we do not take action. In the book Growing a Revolution, David R. Montgomery takes us on a journey through history and around the world to see how innovative farmers are abandoning plowing, using cover crops, and adopting complex rotational cropping cycles to restore the soil, laying the groundwork for the next agricultural revolution: a soil health revolution. By revealing the debates between conventional and organic farming, Montgomery shows how new regenerative methods heal damaged environments and improve farmers' economics. Ancient wisdom merges with modern science, and Growing a Revolution demonstrates how agriculture can help solve modern environmental problems.