This interview was kinda' pedestrian. But, dirt, as in humus, is absolutely vital to the production of healthy plants, ie, healthy food. Modern/mechanized agriculture pisses on dirt (toxins), blows it away (wind) and flushes it to sea (erosion).

Fun fact: prairies produce humus faster than any other biome.

Did you hear the one about the troubled squirrel on the couch in the shrink's office? "Doc, when I learned 'You are what you eat,' I realized I was nuts!"

The green revolution helped feed the worlds growing population over the last few decades. It is unsustainable. Next we will need the 'brown revolution'. Putting our effort, energy and resources into the quality of soil we use for growing food.
The movement of agriculture to perennial crops instead of annual crops would be another necessary change.
We know what to do to feed ourselves and the world. I'm not confident we will do it...but the capacity to sustainably feed 20 billion people (or more) exists today.

As the 'powers that be' globally and collectively disavow scientific knowledge in relationship to a forward vision of a sustainable planet there isn't a lot of hope. Any and all attempts to address the many problems that we now face and will be facing in the future are cast aside in the pursuit of profit and bottom lines today, the here and now. Unless we dig in, literally, all of the many aspects of biodiversity will be beyond salvaging and will no longer provide sustainability for its inhabitants. At a time when education, particularly the teaching of modern science, is being threatened it is more important than ever to emphasize the importance of producing well educated young people in the many scientific fields related to preparing for a viable future for all mankind.

Dirt First!

http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/tw/Dirt_First.htm

Duh!

http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/tw/duh.htm

musical mashup just for fun
we're all connected
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk&feature=player_embedded