The U.S. Department of Agriculture says healthy soil helps reduce erosion, regulates water, improves nutrient cycling and saves money on farm production resources.
Farmer Larry Cox looks at soil on a field at his farm Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, near Brawley, Calif. The Cox family has been farming in California's Imperial Valley for generations. Soil health may not sound like a major issue if you don’t live or work on a farm.“We don’t have a food shortage yet but we’re on our way if we don’t take care of our soil,” said Rep. Scott.The U.S.
helps reduce erosion, regulates water, improves nutrient cycling and saves money on farm production resources. said the nation depends heavily on other countries for something as simple as fertilizer — which impacts soil health, too. “In order to help the soil, you have to understand how long the soil been there, the weather channels, what’s the climate like there and what’s best to grow in this environment,” said Rep. Scott.Some agriculture experts say the pandemic put a spotlight back on organic farming and the importance of where our food comes from. a neighborhood situated around a farm in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. He said people there spend less for healthier food.
“People pay a fee for that season’s growth, we feed 75 families regularly with vegetable for that week and it cost them $34 for the week so people who say you can’t afford, that’s just not true,” said Nygren.“We’re spending more money on health than we ever had, and we need to redirect that to healthier foods and locally grown foods,” said Nygren.
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