Preserve Soil--Preserve Life

Standing beneath this waterfall at the end of a hike is one of my favourite places on earth.

I posted this photo with the caption;                

                              "Go where you feel most Alive".

In reality, I had no idea of the magnitude of that quote. Nor did I have a true appreciation of the soil beneath my feet or the water flowing down over the cliff.

Since then, I am learning all the ways in which we as human beings are directly connected to the earth's soil. Flowers, plants, trees, water, fruit, vegetables, houses, poverty and nourishment. . . humans. The soil we so often take for granted is exactly what keeps us alive. It is full of nutrients, vitamins and minerals that we need to survive.  It is our destructive relationship with soil that leads us to famine, desert lands, and malnourishment.

Farmers everywhere are going broke as a direct result of monocultural industrialized farming. A type of farming that produces food rich in chemicals and deficient in nutrients. All while destroying our soils properties in the process. We cut down entire forests, cause extreme soil erosion and fill our waterways with pesticides. All of this destruction in order to produce genetically modified foods that do not sustain our population. The good news is that it is possible to heal our earth by preserving the soils.

There is a change in effect. The food school farm is a local school in Centre Wellington that has created a sustainable food project. They are teaching students organic farming techniques that give back to the soil.

Click on the link below to learn more about this project that is giving back to our earth! The Food School Farm


These farming techniques would restore our soil and allow farmers to feed millions without destroying the soil we require for to grow food, and purify our water. Widespread awareness and small changes like this would also preserve and work to restore our water sources. Soil and water are gifts we were given and all that we as humans and animals need to survive. It is through education and collective efforts like this that we can rebuild what we have destroyed.

So the next time I hike towards this waterfall, I will be thinking of what I can do to ensure it still exists hundreds of years from now. Preserving the soil preserves life itself.

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