Review of Kiss the Ground (2020) by Markconnifer — 23 Sep 2022

Kiss the Ground is a film for problem solvers. What bigger problem is there for us to solve at this very moment than the increasing temperatures of our climate? The directors Josh and Rebecca Tickell showcase multiple people who, on a smaller scale, are helping to reclaim carbon for the atmosphere as well as, hopefully, resultant of this film’s highlighting of them, set an example.

One such example that will appeal to problem solvers is a family operated farm in California where they use cows natural grazing rather than over-tilling with machines (shown to actively kill soil) and it exhibits in great detail how they set up a grid system divided by fencing in order to make sure no plot is overgrazed, and by keeping the grass the cows are fed perfectly groomed and luscious, the cows, by eating this grass, end up themselves becoming much more nutritiously valuable meat.

This is just one of perhaps a dozen figures and efforts the Tickells highlight exhibiting how the ability to make a change is not above any one person’s capability.