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Dig this: a tiny echidna moves 8 trailer-loads of soil a year, helping tackle climate change

 Picture: Shuttleecock After 200 years of European farming practices, Australian soils are in bad shape – depleted of nutrients and organic matter, including carbon. This is bad...

Buying fresh potatoes and carrots all year round is destroying Australia’s soil

Producing fresh fruit and vegetables year-round has a hidden cost.  Have you thought about what it takes to get fresh carrots onto supermarket shelves...