Re:Fighting poverty accidentally stopped deforestation
by sp332 on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @10:22AM
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The way I heard it, soldiers returning to New England from the civil war told stories of actual topsoil, and many farmers packed up and left for greener pastures... literally!
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Re:Fighting poverty accidentally stopped deforestation
by saalweachter on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @10:55AM
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Yeah, the soil up here gets marked as "of local agricultural significance", which means it is technically worthless in the grand scheme of things but people still plant orchards, vineyards and pastures on it.