It focuses on regenerative agriculture; the movie profiles scientists, farmers and environmentalists as they explore the important role healthier soil plays in better human and planetary health.
"[2] Environmental scientist Ronald G. Amundson, in a commentary for the journal Biogeochemistry, praised "the motivation, enthusiasm, and intentions of the filmmakers and participants" in Kiss the Ground and the earlier Dirt!
[3] Amundson wrote that "a hazy view or wish for a return to a past agricultural utopia ignores that there never was one" and that a global soil management system requires complex, fundamental changes involving many actors, rather than "magical thinking" that the problem will be solved simply by shifts in eating behaviors.
"[4] Lucas also criticized the film for failing to engage with the politics and public policy of sustainable agriculture, noting that it did not address programs available to farmers and made only a single brief reference to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21).
The cast list includes Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Rosario Dawson, Donald Glover, Ian Somerhalder and more.