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AUGUST 1, 2024, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. The Alliance for Natural Health, in partnership with the creators of the highly acclaimed Dutch documentary PLANET SOIL, already the recipient of 17 awards, is proud to announce the US and international launch of this transformative film. This initiative targets communities dedicated to organic and regenerative practices, natural health, and the core value of freedom.

“Watch this film, and you will never feel the same about what lies underfoot”, says health ecologist and sustainability scientist, Rob Verkerk PhD, the founder of the Alliance for Natural Health.

PLANET SOIL, inspired by Dutch farmers’ protests, and directed by award-winning filmmaker, Mark Verkerk, Dr Verkerk’s brother, delves underground to uncover the fascinating living world beneath our feet.

Astonishingly, there are more living organisms in one teaspoon of healthy soil than there are people living on Earth. And all these organisms, working together in their billions, literally support all the life around us.

However, intensive farming and chemical inputs are progressively killing our soils. In a bid to find technological fixes, such as fake meat or genome-edited crops, regenerative farming practices are being side-lined by governments, researchers and the corporate lobbies that are driving the top-down, net zero and UN-directed environmental agendas.

PLANET SOIL shows a way forward at both the individual and community levels to improve our relationship with nature and our soils, while highlighting the role these immense underground communities can play in tackling some of the most intractable problems of our time.

As an Ambassador of PLANET SOIL, the Alliance for Natural Health’s initiative includes identifying organizations, companies and community groups interested in becoming affiliates that can help distribute the film on a pay-per-view basis in return for a commission fee to reward their efforts.

You can find out more about the inspiring, award-winning film, as well as how organizations and individuals can get involved, by downloading the PLANET SOIL media pack.

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CONTACT

For more information, please contact Melissa Smith, ANH-Intl Outreach and Communications officer, at:

PLANET SOIL MEDIA PACK

Download media pack

PLANET SOIL Docs with Impact page

ABOUT THE ALLIANCE FOR NATURAL HEALTH

International: www.anhinternational.org
USA: www.anh-usa.org
Europe: www.anheurope.org

The Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) International is an independent, non-governmental organization established in 2002 that promotes and protects natural, sustainable and bio-compatible approaches to health optimisation. The two overarching principles that link all of our work are our commitment to ‘good science’ and ‘good law’.  Our core activities are divided into four areas: Campaigns, Activism, Research and Education (CARE).

ANH-Intl’s quest to help more people optimize their health by working with, rather than against nature, means we engage with a broad range of issues relating to health promotion and disease prevention, especially those involving dietary and lifestyle modification. We support the increased adoption of scientifically validated, natural, regenerative and sustainable approaches to health care, taking into account the need to protect freedom of choice and provide for cultural and individual needs. The threat of uncertainty, as well as regulatory and other pressures, including from large food, pharmaceutical, chemical and tech lobbies, continues to limit freedom of choice in the field of natural health. At ANH, we strive to protect these freedoms along with individual empowerment and engagement.

ANH-Intl was founded by Robert Verkerk PhD, an internationally acclaimed expert in agricultural and health sustainability. Our international office is based in Chilworth, UK, and we have regional offices in the US (Alexandria, Virginia) and Europe (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). We collaborate with a diverse cross-section of interests, including scientists, lawyers, medical doctors, other health professionals, politicians, companies and, above all, citizens.