Rich Earth - Earth is covered with only about three feet of soil. This nutrient rich top layer is what feeds our food while it’s being grown. Problem is that lately we’re losing about one percent of top soil each year due to ill conceived agricultural trends promoted by agribusiness and chemical companies. 
This is a neglected environmental crisis that has world wide ramifications. In sub-Sahara Africa we’re already seeing a rapid increase in malnourished people due to soil depletion. Soil needs to be nourished and replenished. Farmers used to consider land stewardship part of their job. But now, the profit margin is controlling framing methods. Basically we have been mining nutrients from our soil and in general we have not been replacing all the nutritional resources that planet need to thrive in the process.At the present rate, soil is disappearing at 10 times the rate it can be naturally replenished. Nutrient depletion in soils adversely affects soil quality and reduces crop yield and consequently poses a potential threat to global food security and agricultural sustainability. Human-induced nutrient depletion has become a serious problem for the balance in our eco systems globally. In this section we explore this issue and the fact that developing rich and healthy soil is part of the solution to many of our environmental problems.
This is a neglected environmental crisis that has world wide ramifications. In sub-Sahara Africa we’re already seeing a rapid increase in malnourished people due to soil depletion. Soil needs to be nourished and replenished. Farmers used to consider land stewardship part of their job. But now, the profit margin is controlling framing methods. Basically we have been mining nutrients from our soil and in general we have not been replacing all the nutritional resources that planet need to thrive in the process.At the present rate, soil is disappearing at 10 times the rate it can be naturally replenished. Nutrient depletion in soils adversely affects soil quality and reduces crop yield and consequently poses a potential threat to global food security and agricultural sustainability. Human-induced nutrient depletion has become a serious problem for the balance in our eco systems globally. In this section we explore this issue and the fact that developing rich and healthy soil is part of the solution to many of our environmental problems.Soil Depletion, Food Security and Global Warming
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