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We Can’t Achieve Food Justice if We Don’t Prioritize Soil Health

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Without well-nourished soil, “the global issues of climate change and food security cannot be addressed,” says soil scientist Dr. Rattan Lal. He’s the recipient of the World Food Prize and a Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science at The Ohio State University. We’re seeing the power of storytelling, too.

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Producing the Perfect Potato and Soil Health to Handle Environmental Stress—The Perry Farm—Chin, Alberta

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They have a very advanced group of people working on soil science,” he says. The common practice is to till once, or twice, make the soil nice and loose, and then build hills from that,” explains Harold. They don’t treat any of their grain seed, along with some varieties of their potatoes. “As

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