The false climate solution that just won’t die

Regenerative agriculture improves soil health, and some of its advocates say widespread adoption of this type of farming could solve the climate crisis and fix numerous problems in the food system. | Corinna Kern via Getty Images

On Tuesday, a pair of documentaries landed on Amazon Prime that put forth a rather bold claim: By simply making a few tweaks to how we farm, humanity can reverse climate change and all but eliminate a host of other problems stemming from our modern food system. 

The two films ...