Article #2: Tree Culture—The Ecological Way to Restore the Earth
America is, quite literally, floating out to sea! In many
states, two-thirds of the topsoil has been destroyed through
overcropping and erosion. Iowa, the foremost corn-growing state,
exemplifies this national disaster. Areas of Oklahoma, Arkansas;
Missouri, and other states are entirely bereft of topsoil—it's
all gone! Only red clay remains. It is estimated that over
50,000 acres daily of American land is taken out of food
production due to housing, mining, and soil exhaustion. American
farmers are exhausting our lands by plowing and subsequent loss
of tons of topsoil from every cultivated acre each year. Much
land is being exploited by crops (such as wheat, corn, and hay,
which are exported or go to animals that are exported from the
growing area) that remove much-needed minerals. This practice is
fast depleting our greatest wealth—our topsoil. California lands
are being lost so fast that many predict it will be a food
importing rather than ex