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S T E M I N C U R R E N T E V E N T S

Because of soil’s tremendous importance to our lives and the lives of other living creatures, it is crucial that we track what is in it. Farmers must be especially conscious of the amount of miner- als in their soil, for example. They also have to track its texture or average temperature and its level of acidity (how much acid is in the soil). There are many ways to perform soil tests that

Many farms and gardens work hard to maintain their “organic” labels by avoiding pesticides and soil additives, while letting nature do most of the work.