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Time to muck in: Soils must take centre-stage in farming policy, study argues

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Royal Society study author argues people 'should be as appalled' by badly managed soils as deforestation. Bringing together the latest evidence on the "diverse and underappreciated" functions soils perform, the science body's research points to many "win-win" benefits that arise from protecting and improving soils.

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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

This array of species and surfaces reduces fire intensity and promotes biodiversity. Since 2014, Pepperwood, which is not an Indigenous organization, has worked under the guidance of a Native advisory council , chaired by McKay, who is Wappo, Pomo, and Wintun, to implement such practices. As authors Otis Parrish and Kent G.

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LA’s Barnsdall Art Park revives historic olive grove

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Related: Los Angeles is the largest US city to be certified as a biodiversity haven Inhabitat: Who first planted olives on Olive Hill in the 1890s, and why? I took tissue samples from the trees’ roots, stems and surrounding soil and had them analyzed at a laboratory to confirm that there was no disease present in the grove.