Best known as a presenter on BBC's 'Countryfile', Tom Heap writes here about the farmers, scientists, conservationists and industry leaders he's met throughout Britain and beyond.

They are people he's identified as innovators - they're pushing the boundaries to achieve better crops, they're preserving natural habitats and they're seeking to harness resources to reimagine land use for a better future.  

He explores urban gardening, solar farms, efficient housing, regenerative farming and much more. Through talking to the people who are trying to implement new, creative and efficient ways of using our limited land, he shows us how change is possible, desirable and imminent, if we embrace this new outlook.

It's an easy read as Tom speaks to us in a direct, conversational style, but it's packed with information, anecdotes and also debate. We are not bombarded with unrealistic dreams and ideals, but given practical suggestions and examples of the work in progress.

It is a book which doesn't shirk from sharing a difficult and troubling view of our near future, but presents us with a positive, hopeful alternative.