For Emma Marris’ essay Tending Soil, which explores our symbiotic bonds to the dirt throughout history and myth.
‘Soil is the soul of agriculture, and although profane matters have often been disparaged as “earthly” by Christians, it is impossible for the mystery of earth to be properly described using an entirely secular approach. Soil is the womb and the tomb, the stuff of life and death, in which death is transformed into life.’
