Book Club Poll for May 2024

The topic for next month is Soil!

Hello everyone!

By the end of this month those of us participating in the book club will have learned a lot about the immense power for healing, nourishment, abundance and regeneration that is contained within a handful of seeds. Thus, I feel it would be apt and synergistic if we next embark on a journey of learning that involves the study of the ancient gift economy that is embodied in the living soil.

some of the books that will be in the running for next month that I already own.

When seeds are combined with act of composting, it means you are contributing towards the fabric of an ancient living decentralized economic model. We invest our time and materials, and the ‘asset managers’ and ‘investment strategy team’ (comprised of myriad bacteria, fungi and decomposing insects) invest molecules of biological currency for us, storing those units of currency in the form of fertile soil. We can then withdraw from our account through using the ‘key code’ that is embodied in a living heirloom seed we plant in that soil (which unlocks it’s potential and allows us to withdraw part of our savings account in that living soil/seed bank in the form of life giving food, medicine, oxygen and poetry for the senses).

Composting is medicine for the land and medicine for the soul. It offers us a tangible way to connect with and give back to the living planet that sustains us all. When one looks at the act of composting through a more linear or utilitarian lens it is an act that facilitates the transformation of free materials into something extremely valuable and useful for emergency preparedness, saving money on grocery and medical bills.

Thus, next month lets choose a book to read together that will invite us to expand our understanding of the fabric of ancient living gift economy and skin of the Planet Earth from which the molecules that make up all of our bodies arose and to which those same molecules will all one day return, the nexus and foundation of all life on earth, The Soil.

Here are the books I have as suggestions for next month. If you would like to suggest any additions to the running in the poll (books that pertain to soil as the central focus) please share those in a comment and i`ll add them to the poll.

This poll will be active and available to vote on for one week only.

(FYI - I have not investigated the book shown below with the title including the word “bible”, it could be legit, or not. All the other books I am familiar with or have had recommended by people I trust and respect.)

1. Sacred Soil: Biochar and the Regeneration of the Earth

2. The Soul of Soil: A Soil-Building Guide for Master Gardeners and Farmers

3. Soil Ecology in Northern Forests: A Belowground View of a Changing World

4. The Living Soil Bible: [3 in 1] Unlocking the Secrets of Soil Health, Regenerative Practices, and Nurturing Thriving Plant-Soil Relationships for a Vibrant Ecosystems

5. Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy

6. The Living Soil Handbook: The No-Till Grower's Guide to Ecological Market Gardening

7. The Biochar Handbook: A Practical Guide to Making and Using Bioactivated Charcoal

8. The Biochar Revolution

9. Regenerative Soil: The Science and Solutions

10. The Rhizosphere: Biochemistry and Organic Substances at the Soil-Plant Interface

11. Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture

12. Kiss the Ground: How the Food You Eat Can Reverse Climate Change, Heal Your Body & Ultimately Save Our World

13. Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

14. The Nature and Properties of Soils

15. Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web

16. Worms at Work: Harnessing the Awesome Power of Worms with Vermiculture and Vermicomposting

17. The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture

18. Soil and Sacrament | Book by Fred Bahnson

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Please offer your own suggestions for additions to the poll for which book (that has a central focus on the topic of soil) will be chosen for next month’s Book Club in a comment below. I will create another poll with any pertinent suggested books in the next couple days.