Our Good Earth: Soil's Key to Food Resilience

For more than 20 years Dennis Dimick led creation of food and agriculture stories in National Geographic Magazine, and among them is a unique cover story on soil, “Where Food Begins,” produced in collaboration with photographer Jim Richardson. In this visually powerful and fast-moving presentation Dimick will recount this story of “Our Good Earth,” the often neglected soil beneath our feet that serves as foundation for our food supply. Protecting this fragile living skin of earth is key to our own survival in the face of a rising world population that has tripled from 2.5 to almost 7.5 billion people since 1950, and is forecast to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. “Feeding Nine Billion,” a subsequent multi-year magazine series examines how resilience in our outlook and approach can help us confront this looming epic challenge of future food security.