"The best national health policy would be a national soils policy. But we don’t have one," says Dr. Christine Jones. "Rebuilding soil productivity via the restoration of natural carbon flow and the sequestration of stable soil carbon is the only means of saving agriculture’s bacon – and ensuring a future for human society as we know it."

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By acknowledging nature's astounding capacity for renewal, we can help turn the tide of planetary destruction and increase our resilience by adding more carbon where it does a world of good, in the soil.

Agriculture is the key contributor to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, particularly an agricultural system that supports GMOs and CAFOs. Agricultural practices that sustain and regenerate soil health is the way forward.

Humanity stands at the edge of an abyss. We have destroyed the planet, it's biodiversity, water and the climate, and through this destruction, the ecological context for our survival as a species. Ecological destruction and resource grab are generating conflicts, which are being accelerated into full blown wars and violence. A context of fear and hate is overtaking the human imagination. We need to sow the seeds of peace -peace with the earth and each other, and in so doing, create hope for our future – as one humanity and as part of one Earth community.