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Have you ever tried to grow a garden in your backyard, only to find that the dirt was too worn-out and dry to produce anything? Have you coaxed that soil back to life so that it, in turn, could give life to fruits, vegetables, or root crops?
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Nabhan, G.P. (2018). Will Work for Dirt. In: Food from the Radical Center. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-920-3_4
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