Foreword : scratching the surface / Pam Houston
Preface : the god of dirt / Barbara Richardson
My life in dirt / Edward Kanze, Naturalist
The great beneath / Linda Hogan, Author
Dirt fantasies / Jana Richman, Author
Praise to the transformers / Janisse Ray, Author
Glosses on dirt / Erica Olsen, Author
Soil versus dir t: a reverie on getting down to earth / Kayann Short, CSA Farmer
Digging in / Elias Amidon, Sufi Teacher
Dirt princess / Julene Bair, Author
The first worm / John T. Price, Author
The language of clay / Roxanne Swentzell, Sculptor
Dirt : imago ignota / John Keeble, Author
Mud pies / Chris Larson, Green Architect
Services at the church of dirt / Marilyn Krysl, Poet
Dreaming in dirt / BK Loren, Author
Tao of dirt / Liz Stephens, Author
The life of soil / Bernd Heinrich, Biologist
Dirt in love / Barbara Richardson, Author
Dirt house / Peter Heller, Author
Sinking down into heaven / Jeanne Rogers, Artist and Author
The soil's breath / Tyler Volk, Biologist
Earthmover / Lisa Knopp, Author
Worm herder : a Q and A with Dr. Diana H. Wall / Carrie Visintainer, Journalist
Seeing soils / Deborah Koons Garcia, Filmmaker
The next big thing in soil science / Carl Rosen, Soil Scientist
A badge of honor / Tom Wessels, Terrestrial Ecologist
Dirty business / David R. Montgomery, Geomorphologist
Feed your soil / Bob Cannard and Fred Cline, Sustainable Farmer and Vintner
Hostile takeovers : an ode to guts and gardens / Laura Pritchett, Author
Fight the power / Eban Goodstein, Environmental Economist
Born again : loving the least worst land in mississippi / Donald G. Schueler, Author
Stewards of the land / Wes Jackson, Agricultural Activist
We are soil / Vandana Shiva, Soil and Seed Activist
City dirt / Karen Washington, Urban Farmer
Soil versus oil, kale versus koch / Atina Diffley, Organic Farmer.
