Indigo Radio interviewed Fred Magdoff, former Professor of Plant and Soil Science at University of Vermont. He is a director of the Monthly Review Foundation, and has written on political economy for many years. We discussed the importance of soil, how soil is alive, how human activities have impacted our soils, and what we can do to care for our soils. Fred helps us to make connections between environmental, social, political, and economic aspects in order to build an environmentally sound and economically just society. Find Fred’s book Building Soils for Better Crops online for free https://www.sare.org/resources/building-soils-for-better-crops/.