Word: topsoil
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...past century, Haiti has transformed its ecological landscape by felling trees for charcoal. This practice has eroded the topsoil in many regions, making agriculture difficult for farmers and forcing them to overcrowd the cities, which then leads to crime and poverty. For long-term success, Haiti must transition to sustainable agriculture, which would help the economy as well as the environment...
...From Vermont, where veal and dairy farmer Abe Collins is developing software designed to help farmers foster carbon-rich topsoil quickly, to Denmark, where Thomas Harttung's Aarstiderne farm grazes 150 head of cattle, a vanguard of small farmers are trying to get the word out about how much more eco-friendly they are than factory farming. "If you suspend a cow in the air with buckets of grain, then it's a bad guy," Harttung explains. "But if you put it where it belongs - on grass - that cow becomes not just carbon-neutral but carbon-negative." Collins goes even...