Common Ground

A compelling and solution-driven plea to care for the very thing that feeds us, balances the climate, and sustains life on earth: soil. An eye-opening critique of the harmful methods of American agriculture, Common Ground exposes the agendas of agricultural giants, corporations, and lobbyists, while unveiling the immensely powerful potential of regenerative farming – and how saving the soil can help change the course of the climate crisis we face.

Interweaving intimate stories of inspiring regenerative farms today, together with the sustainable practices of Indigenous peoples, while uncovering the devastating effects of industrial farming of the 1930’s Dust Bowl to the post WWII boom of machinery and fertilizer technology, to the cancerous herbicides and pesticides of Monsanto and emphasis on monocultures of corn and soy crops in the present day, filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell reveal how soil regeneration is not about merely restoring the past: it is about our futures. They present a hopeful, inspiring film about climate change solutions and how saving the soil can help save us, and our planet, along with it.

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