Crystal Bennes: We Eat the Earth
How fertiliser sows inequality, fuels wars & destroys the planet
‘We Eat the Earth’ explores the ways in which our collective appetite reshapes the Earth and how the production of nutrients required for agriculture impacts our political and physical environments.
From Sweden to Western Sahara, England to occupied Palestine, Germany to the Netherlands, this book maps the material flows of nitrogen, potassium and phosphate fertiliser between eight key sites. We Eat the Earth reveals the destabilising global impact of fertiliser production and the devastating environmental and socio-political consequences of its extraction, production and management. Finally, through its focus on a small, but expanding group of farmers committed to producing food without the use of fertiliser, the project also offers a hopeful view for the future of agriculture.
