Peter Andrews' story was voted by viewers as the most popular Australian Story ever. Now ABC Books is proud to publish his book about his remarkable life, his heartbreaking challenges and extraordinary achievements.

A racehorse breeder and farmer, Peter has been ignored, laughed at and ridiculed for 30 years. He has been forced into bankruptcy and suffered family breakdown.

Now Peter is credited with extraordinary success in converting degraded and salt ravaged farms into fertile, drought resistant properties. Supporters of Peter Andrews claim he has done what science failed to do – he has restored creeks and wetlands to their natural processes and relationships, delivering economic and environmental sustainability to Australian landscapes.

He is now widely described as a man who reads and understands our natural landscape better than most scientists. The remarkable results of his “Natural Sequence Farming” techniques can be achieved cheaply, simply and quickly.

Retailer Gerry Harvey is a committed supporter and has recruited Peter to demonstrate the NSF principles on his own horse stud. Other leading businesspeople, scientists, politicians and farming communities have become converts. A number of international scientists hail Peter as a prophet whom we ignore at our peril. In Back from the Brink Peter outlines his lifetime learning and experience in Australia’s unique landscape, what has brought us to the brink of environmental catastrophe and more importantly what can bring us back to future sustainability.