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Kiss the Ground

A revolutionary group of activists, scientists, farmers, and politicians band together in a global movement of "Regenerative Agriculture" that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world.

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Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell

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4 wins & 6 nominations total

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the destruction
of America's soil firsthand. - Kiss the Ground

the destruction of America's soil firsthand.

It relates to working out
a plan of cooperation with nature - Kiss the Ground

It relates to working out a plan of cooperation with nature

The practice of plowing
and tilling the soil - Kiss the Ground

The practice of plowing and tilling the soil

Today, the NRC
has field agents, like Ray, - Kiss the Ground

Today, the NRC has field agents, like Ray,

…And reduce the spraying
of industrial chemicals - Kiss the Ground

…And reduce the spraying of industrial chemicals

The message is simple, - Kiss the Ground

The message is simple,

And until we get that right,
we can't fix our ecological issues. - Kiss the Ground

And until we get that right, we can't fix our ecologica...

It's kind of amazing to me
as I was teaching all over the country. - Kiss the Ground

It's kind of amazing to me as I was teaching all over t...

But when it comes
to the role of carbon in our world, - Kiss the Ground

But when it comes to the role of carbon in our world,

We also make carbon dioxide
by burning fossil fuels. - Kiss the Ground

We also make carbon dioxide by burning fossil fuels.

And I think this is a lost opportunity.
Carbon's the good guy. - Kiss the Ground

And I think this is a lost opportunity. Carbon's the go...

I'm-I'm 16 percent carbon, - Kiss the Ground

I'm-I'm 16 percent carbon,

Plants use sunlight as energy, - Kiss the Ground

Plants use sunlight as energy,

But 40 percent of that carbon fuel,
they send down to their roots. - Kiss the Ground

But 40 percent of that carbon fuel, they send down to their ...

They're leaking it out in a very
strategic way to soil microorganisms. - Kiss the Ground

They're leaking it out in a very strategic way to soil ...

Plants are feeding
soil microorganisms carbon, - Kiss the Ground

Plants are feeding soil microorganisms carbon,

And in the process of all that, - Kiss the Ground

And in the process of all that,

They make little pockets in the soil
to control the flow of air and water. - Kiss the Ground

They make little pockets in the soil to control the flow of ...

And that's one of the ways
that carbon gets fixed in the soil. - Kiss the Ground

And that's one of the ways that carbon gets fixed in th...

In other words,
soil has the unique ability - Kiss the Ground

In other words, soil has the unique ability

In every handful of healthy soil, - Kiss the Ground

In every handful of healthy soil,

♪ I believe in miracles ♪ - Kiss the Ground

♪ I believe in miracles ♪

The food that we eat, - Kiss the Ground

The food that we eat,

And you feed off of what the bacteria
have processed and released - Kiss the Ground

And you feed off of what the bacteria have processed and rel...

The key to health is eating dirt. - Kiss the Ground

The key to health is eating dirt.

What I mean by that
is we need to eat what's in the dirt - Kiss the Ground

What I mean by that is we need to eat what's in the dir...

You know,
my husband is an athlete for a living, - Kiss the Ground

You know, my husband is an athlete for a living,

I beat my body down so much
over the course of the season, - Kiss the Ground

I beat my body down so much over the course of the season,

And, of course,
the quality of the soil is huge - Kiss the Ground

And, of course, the quality of the soil is huge

That quality of food
provides quality health. - Kiss the Ground

That quality of food provides quality health.

Our health and the health
of our planet are connected. - Kiss the Ground

Our health and the health of our planet are connected.

If we choose healthy food,
there is a reciprocation. - Kiss the Ground

If we choose healthy food, there is a reciprocation.

Not only we feel better, we are healthier,
but the Earth is healthier. - Kiss the Ground

Not only we feel better, we are healthier, but the Earth is ...

Taking care of the microbes
in the soil is critical for human health. - Kiss the Ground

Taking care of the microbes in the soil is critical for huma...

Spraying the soil
with toxic chemicals - Kiss the Ground

Spraying the soil with toxic chemicals

This is the vicious cycle
of industrial agriculture. - Kiss the Ground

This is the vicious cycle of industrial agriculture.

The roots of industrial agriculture
go back to a German scientist - Kiss the Ground

The roots of industrial agriculture go back to a German scie...

Haber invented a process
for making synthetic nitrogen fertilizer - Kiss the Ground

Haber invented a process for making synthetic nitrogen ferti...

Then he developed the poison
used in the gas chambers of the Holocaust. - Kiss the Ground

Then he developed the poison used in the gas chambers of the...

When the war ended, - Kiss the Ground

When the war ended,

All of a sudden, - Kiss the Ground

All of a sudden,

Even if they hadn't
taken care of their soil, - Kiss the Ground

Even if they hadn't taken care of their soil,

Together, these wartime innovations - Kiss the Ground

Together, these wartime innovations

We created an infrastructure
around single types of industry, - Kiss the Ground

We created an infrastructure around single types of industry...

It takes more nitrogen now
to raise a bushel of grain - Kiss the Ground

It takes more nitrogen now to raise a bushel of grain

Our chemical fertilizers
mask the problem of degraded soils. - Kiss the Ground

Our chemical fertilizers mask the problem of degraded soils.

Modern agriculture was not designed
for the betterment of the soil. - Kiss the Ground

Modern agriculture was not designed for the betterment of th...

Today, our most common crops
are genetically altered - Kiss the Ground

Today, our most common crops are genetically altered

It's not just on the food you eat.
It's everywhere. - Kiss the Ground

It's not just on the food you eat. It's everywhere...

Most of the agricultural
industries' pesticides and herbicides - Kiss the Ground

Most of the agricultural industries' pesticides and her...

That's why juries have begun
to award billions of dollars in damages - Kiss the Ground

That's why juries have begun to award billions of dolla...

A big reason these chemicals make us sick - Kiss the Ground

A big reason these chemicals make us sick

If you keep dumping the fungicides,
you keep dumping the herbicide, - Kiss the Ground

If you keep dumping the fungicides, you keep dumping the her...

Since chemical agriculture
ramped up worldwide in the 1970s, - Kiss the Ground

Since chemical agriculture ramped up worldwide in the 1970s,

The most massive tsunami, - Kiss the Ground

The most massive tsunami,

But fossil fuels…
carbon, coal, and gas… - Kiss the Ground

But fossil fuels… carbon, coal, and gas…

Now, because the fate of water and carbon - Kiss the Ground

Now, because the fate of water and carbon

Healthy soils
absorb water and carbon dioxide. - Kiss the Ground

Healthy soils absorb water and carbon dioxide.

The process is called desertification. - Kiss the Ground

The process is called desertification.

Desertification is a fancy word - Kiss the Ground

Desertification is a fancy word

Soil and the plant
and the climate are connected. - Kiss the Ground

Soil and the plant and the climate are connected.

If you don't have a living plant, - Kiss the Ground

If you don't have a living plant,

Sixty percent of our rainfall
comes from the ocean. - Kiss the Ground

Sixty percent of our rainfall comes from the ocean.

That's when you have too much
sensible heat coming off bare soil. - Kiss the Ground

That's when you have too much sensible heat coming off ...

You're having
these huge vortexes of hot air going out. - Kiss the Ground

You're having these huge vortexes of hot air going out.

Instead of attracting the rain,
it's pushing the rain clouds away. - Kiss the Ground

Instead of attracting the rain, it's pushing the rain c...

Take one square meter of soil
and make it bare, - Kiss the Ground

Take one square meter of soil and make it bare,

Desertification of our soils
is a pressing threat to our climate - Kiss the Ground

Desertification of our soils is a pressing threat to our cli...

As soils turn to dust around the world, - Kiss the Ground

As soils turn to dust around the world,

By 2050,
it's estimated that one billion people - Kiss the Ground

By 2050, it's estimated that one billion people

More than 20 civilizations,
in all regions of the world, have failed - Kiss the Ground

More than 20 civilizations, in all regions of the world, hav...

Their communities could not handle - Kiss the Ground

Their communities could not handle

Poor land leads to increasing frequency
of floods and droughts, - Kiss the Ground

Poor land leads to increasing frequency of floods and drough...

And it's leading
to ideal recruitment conditions. - Kiss the Ground

And it's leading to ideal recruitment conditions.

What we know right now - Kiss the Ground

What we know right now

So the long-term prognosis
for our survival on this planet, - Kiss the Ground

So the long-term prognosis for our survival on this planet,

According to the United Nations, - Kiss the Ground

According to the United Nations,

The global scale of the problems we face
may seem insurmountable. - Kiss the Ground

The global scale of the problems we face may seem insurmount...

We're very fortunate
to have Ray Archuleta with us today. - Kiss the Ground

We're very fortunate to have Ray Archuleta with us toda...

Ray, as you can tell, is someone
that has quite a bit of notoriety. - Kiss the Ground

Ray, as you can tell, is someone that has quite a bit of not...

He's got his own--
He's got his own reality show. Now, that-- - Kiss the Ground

He's got his own-- He's got his own reality show. ...

This is a supercomputer model by NASA. - Kiss the Ground

This is a supercomputer model by NASA.

We're concerned
of the red and purples being CO2. - Kiss the Ground

We're concerned of the red and purples being CO2.

What do we do
in modern agriculture in April? - Kiss the Ground

What do we do in modern agriculture in April?

And look at the huge plumes of CO2. - Kiss the Ground

And look at the huge plumes of CO2.

Now, let's see what happens around June. - Kiss the Ground

Now, let's see what happens around June.

Ladies and gentlemen,
what is happening in June? - Kiss the Ground

Ladies and gentlemen, what is happening in June?

Can you imagine
if we had all our rangeland - Kiss the Ground

Can you imagine if we had all our rangeland

A covered planet is a healthy planet. - Kiss the Ground

A covered planet is a healthy planet.

We can fix a lot of our climate issues - Kiss the Ground

We can fix a lot of our climate issues

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A revolutionary group of activists, scientists, farmers, and politicians band together in a global movement of "Regenerative Agriculture" that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world.

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Director: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell

Writer: Johnny O'Hara, Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Apr 2020

Awards: 4 wins & 6 nominations total

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