Source: inhabitat.com Published: July 20, 2017 by Amanda Froelich Most people in Western countries reflect on Africa as a continent in which poverty is rife and economic opportunities are lacking. While this may be true in some cases, it’s a fixable problem. This is...
Source: dailyyonder.com Published: May 15, 2017 Healthy soil needs to be relatively undisturbed and covered by crops that are planted in rotation. Photo by Photo by Rob Mattson/Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation by Bryce Oates A global study of land and agricultural...
Source: washingtonpost.com Published: May 17, 2017 Content from UC Davis There’s too much carbon in the atmosphere and not enough in the ground where it’s useful. Healthy soil can help flip the picture. When we think of climate change solutions, what typically comes...
Source: grist.org Published: April 11, 2017 By Nathanael Johnson What Jonathan Sanderman really wanted was some old dirt. He called everyone he could think of who might know where he could get some. He emailed colleagues and read through old studies looking for clues,...
Source: nytimes.com Published: May 17, 2016 At a farm in Peru, charcoal from bamboo burned in special ovens is used to fertilize the soil. Carbon farming is seen as a way of replenishing depleted farmland and helping reduce damage to the environment. Credit/Enrique...
Source: foodtank.com Published: March 1, 2016 Stephanie Van Dyke According to the recent United Nations report, Status of the World’s Soil Resources, the world can ameliorate soil degradation if more sustainable practices are promptly implemented. The U.N. Food and...
Source: nationalgeographic.com Published: June 14, 2016 NOTE: This article requires a National Geographic account to view. For hundreds of years, parts of sub-Saharan Africa have suffered from poor soil. Weather, shifting populations, and slash-and-burn practices have...
Source: news.cornell.edu Published: April 6, 2016 Andrew Martin Simons Johannes Lehmann, center, discusses soil research with farmers in Awassa, Ethiopia. By Blaine Friedlander Here’s the scientific dirt: Soil can help reduce global warming. While farm soil grows the...
Source: thinkprogress.org Published: April 7, 2016 CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK What if something as simple as the dirt under your feet could help mitigate some of the worst of climate change? The Earth’s soils contain a lot of carbon, and helping to manage and restore them...
