The word humus has been known for more than 2000 years. The Roman poet Virgil (70 — 19 B.C.) used it in the sense of ‘earth’. Not much later the Latin-speaking people abandoned the term and replaced it with terra. This is still the common name for earth in Portuguese. In the 18th century, the word humus came back in …
The Humus Revolution
Can we heal the soil, save the climate and change our food habits? Ute Scheub and Stefan Schwarzer believe we can. In their book Die Humusrevolution (The Humus Revolution, 2017) we can read that monoculture, agrochemicals and CO2 emissions are destroying the planet, and if we don’t do something fast, then we’ll all starve to death. This grim message is …