Kiss the Ground

Exploring the damage caused to the earth through farming with a conservation agronomist et al. and how a regenerative approach can reverse the catastrophic climate crisis that casts such a bleak shadow over our planet. Unsurprisingly the message, as is so often the case in all walks of life: let things do what they're good at and the problem can be resolved. In this case, let nature heal the damage, torture and torment our misguided agricultural practices have cursed the planets surface with, live in tune and synchronicity with nature, stop poisoning the lifeforms that maintain and perpetuate life. Probably preaching to the converted but there's no harm reemphasising the message in the hope that a few more pennies drop and habits evolve and ultimately change. That's if it's not too late already.

What I liked 1. Peer Review from multiple people. 2. Simplistic sicientific explanation.

What I didn't like 1. No mention of the logistics and cost involved in regenerative farming.

This documentary was an immensely helpful introduction to the concept of regenerative farming. It has convinced me how benefical this method can be in sloving the problems of climate change, enough production for the mass and good use of carbon footprint. However, their promotion of this method seems very one-sided with no explanation of how farmers can implement it in real life. It gives no information about how much the initial and over-time cost of the method can be?, how long is the harvesting season?, what are the up and downsides? and many more critical basic questions even a child from elementary school will ask.

At the end, this documentary made me feel very optimistic about future, but because of lack of crucial information, it seems like a advertisment giving us false hope.

This documentary was informative, eye opening and inspirational. To me, it seems so obvious what needs to be done in terms of our agricultural methods. I get that people want to stick to their tried and true ways but if helping the planet means a healthier humanity, wouldn't you adjust and evolve your methods for that reason alone? The good news is that I believe that a new generation of farmers are coming up and are more interested in these planet/humanity saving methods than the good ole money making, government subsidized methods. Hope is still alive!

This is a must see. It provides an attainable solution that everyone can take part in to help our planet. It is filled with gems of information and a passionate team behind the research. If not now, then when?

When I consider a film, one of my criteria is relevance. Reversing climate change has to be at the top of that list. Helping farmers, creating more nutritious food, and reversing chronic lifestyle diseases...also pretty damned relevant.

But the story also has to be told well. Does it have flow, is it beautiful? Check!

You will enjoy watching this, you will learn while you enjoy, and you will be motivated. All very difficult tasks, but this film was highly successful at accomplishing all of them.