Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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from 20 Reasons You Need To Prepare And Store Food
By carolyn, on April 20th, 2011
http://carolynbaker.net/2011/04/20/20-reasons-you-need-to-prepare-and-store-food/

The world is losing topsoil at an astounding rate.  The National Academy of 
Sciences has determined that cropland in the U.S. is being eroded at least 10 
times faster than the time it takes for lost soil to be replaced.  The U.S. 
is losing topsoil faster than during the dustbowl of the 1930s.

The primary causes are deforestation, overexploitation for fuel wood, 
overgrazing, agricultural activities and industrialization.

Water tables all over the globe are being depleted at an alarming rate due to 
“overpumping”.  According to the World Bank, there are 130 million people in 
China and 175 million people in India that are being fed with grain grown 
with water that is being pumped out of aquifers faster than it can be 
replaced.  So what happens once all of that water is gone?
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of course if you grow your own ...