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  • Organic vs Conventional Farming: Part II

    Organic vs Conventional Farming: Part II

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    In Part I of the Organic vs. Conventional farming series, we made a case against conventional farming. With growing practices involving toxic chemicals, tillage, and heavy irrigation, the rate at which topsoil is being damaged is simply not sustainable. If drastic changes are not made, all of the words topsoil could be gone in 60…

  • The Significance of Soil: Part I

    The Significance of Soil: Part I

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    A Brief History of Soil To the unknowing eye, holding a handful of soil might be perceived as simply holding a handful of dirt. What our highly evolved human eyes fail to see, is the bustling life in that handful, the billions (yes, BILLIONS!) of microorganisms performing complex scientific processes. Soil is the basis of…