Common Ground

Important message to everyone that our food choices and how it is produced affects soils. Saving our soil will save us from environmental disaster. We can all do our part in advocating regenerative agriculture. Registered for Amazon prime just to watch is highly important documentary. Hopefully their message can be spread to as many people as possible. Change is possible and we all have our part to play. This documentary is story telling at it's best, making the complicated easy to understand. Complexity of farming made simple, if I were a conventional farmer I would transition to regenerative agriculture!

Everyone is connected to not only each other, but also to the Earth. However, we are living in a society that is so incredibly divided that we forget this simple fact. Despite all of our differences, we all share a common ground, the soil in which we live upon. It's from the soil that we are sustained. Common Ground by Joshua and Rebecca Tickell, dives into the fact that soil is what is keeping the environment stable. Given that most of our food is grown in the soil, unhealthy soil means unhealthy food. Our health is directly tied to what we consume, and as mentioned in the film, food is quite literally medicine. Regenerative practices will be the legacy that we leave behind so that future generations can thrive. With a packed cast of actors who are passionate about the film's message, such as Ian Somerhalder, Common Ground is a catalyst for change in the agricultural world.

This film can be described as a celebration of humanity, showing the viewer not only what it means to be human, but what it means to be on Earth. The documentary Common Ground directed by Joshua and Rebecca Tickell, effortlessly shows the results of regenerative agriculture's benefit on humanity. Using personal testimonials from farmers, politicians, and scientists, the film showcases real solutions anyone can take to improve the health of the soil, thus improving their health and the planet's. With notable celebrities like Donald Glover, Jason Moma, Laura Dern, and more, the film simply explains the sins behind modern agriculture and what we can do to fix it. This film provides a much-needed glass of hope and clarity, in the midst of troubling times and is a must-watch that will show us how we can all stand on Common Ground. (POSTED ON IMDb)

"Common Ground", the 2023 documentary by Joshua and Rebecca Tickell, is not just a film; it's a powerful narrative that delves into topics surrounding regenerative agriculture and how it can positively impact our environment. What sets "Common Ground" apart is it's approach to deal with such controversial topics like the ongoing Roundup Trial. The film sheds light on the injustices and the environmental consequences, giving a voice to those who have been affected. Getting to hear from so many different perspectives really opened up my eyes to the severity of these issues. It's a touching story and left me motivated to take the necessary steps to help out our planet!

This is a follow up documentary after Kiss the Ground (2011), which is somewhat inferior in standards of documentary-making and seem to target a younger viewer's range, but with the same important message: that we ruin the earth and our topsoil with current practices of industrialized farming. Furthermore, companies like Monsanto in particular but the food industry as a whole play an abject role in applying propaganda (attacks on whistleblowers), manipulation (funding farm colleges and rogue science) and bribing of government officials and government-policies through campaign funding. The cost in terms of public and ecological health is alarming. We have to turn this around or we will go down as the generation which leaves a gigantic mess for the generations to come.