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  • Aly Ouedraogo has led efforts to restore farmland in Gourcy, about 40 kilometers south of Ouahigouya in Burkina Faso.  Work included using low rows of stones called bunds, to control water flow and let water permeate into the soil.  The picture show the landscape in March 1986 when work began, and illustrates how barren the land was at the time.
    MM6977_071208_31662.jpg
  • Rice terraces near Mengpin in Yuanyang county of Yunnan Province, China.  Farmers harvest the rice, the clean up the terraces, scraping the grass and weed from the terraces and repairing the raised banks that hold the water in, preparing the fields for the next crop.
    MM6977_071016_23210.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.<br />
At the Dead City of Kharrab Shams outside of Aleppo.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org
    MM6977_071005_17261.jpg
  • Aly Ouedraogo has led efforts to restore farmland in Gourcy, about 40 kilometers south of Ouahigouya in Burkina Faso.  Work included using low rows of stones called bunds, to control water flow and let water permeate into the soil.  The picture show the landscape in March 1986 when work began, and illustrates how barren the land was at the time.
    MM6977_071208_31716.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. <br />
Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.
    MM6977_071005_17645.jpg
  • In the village of Garadawa, near Keita, Niger.  One of the villages where the Project Keita has been restoring soil.  <br />
Most of the work has been done by the women of the area.
    Soils Final Show_0052.jpg
  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of China.  Small fields are all that is left as the erosion whittles away at the land available for crops.
    Loess_Panorama1.jpg
  • At the Dead City of Baqerha in the mountains outside of Aleppo.  Properous in Byzantine times and until the 9th or 10th centuries, the Dead Cities fell prey to environmental destruction, first earthquakes, then soil erosion that destroyed any hope of prosperity and full repopulation.<br />
<br />
<br />
In the background can be seen the Dead City of Dargeeta.
    MM6977_071007_18787.jpg
  • The ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra, once a thriving city with rich agriculture and rich soil.
    MM6977_071008_19039.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  At the Dead City of Kharrab Shams outside of Aleppo. Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.
    MM6977_071005_17659-Edit.jpg
  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of China. Yan Feng Qing in the village of Jiang Xing Zhuang harvesting millet using scissors to cut the heads off the plants.
    MM6977_071020_26010.jpg
  • Aerial of farmland in southwest Wisconsin near the Mississippi River, south of La Crosse.  Farms surrounded by clouds along the ridges of the rich Loess bluffs along the Mississippi River.
    MM6977_070826_13434-Edit.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  At the Dead City of Kharrab Shams outside of Aleppo. Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.
    MM6977_071005_17659-Edit.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.<br />
<br />
At the Dead City of Kharrab Shams outside of Aleppo.
    MM6977_071005_17659.jpg
  • Soil layers of the Palouse region of eastern Washington are revealed in a deep road cut.  More then ten layers of buried paleosoils are visible to soil scientist John Reganold of Washington State University.
    MM6977_070629_05251.jpg
  • Li Kaixin family harvesting rice near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County, Yunan province, China.  The grain is threshed in the field before bagging to carry out.  The stalks are laid out to dry in the terraces.
    MM6977_071020_21402.jpg
  • In the villages around Keita, Niger villagers and the FAO have combined efforts to restore 36,000 sq. kilometers of land that was ravaged by the droughts of the 70's and 80's.  Most of the work has been done by some 10,000 women of the area, returning much of the land to productivity.In all they have planted 18,000,000 trees.<br />
Mariama Abdouleye and her children (left) Idrissa Abdourahmane and (right) Abdoulaye Aboubakar.<br />
<br />
Her sister is Rabi Aboubakar.
    MM6977_071212_33717.jpg
  • Horse Drawn Plowing Demonstration, Wisconsin
    MM6977_070920_17374.jpg
  • Soil making in progress as sphagnum moss decomposes in a sample of Arctic Tundra from Alaska. <br />
Bits of the soil were set in water, letting the decomposing leaves float free.  Also a rich environment of all of the bacteria and microbes that do the work of the soil.
    MM6977_070705_06743-Pano.jpg
  • The Palouse of Washigton is an area of loess hills built out of wind-blown dust.  High hills are extremely fertile, with exceptional production of dryland wheat.
    MM6977_070625_02787.jpg
  • On the farm of Yacouba Sawadogo near the village of Gourga in northern Burkina Faso, north of Oubhigouya.
    MM6977_071207_29862.jpg
  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of China.  Small fields are all that is left as the erosion whittles away at the land available for crops.
    MM6977_071020_24250.jpg
  • Li Kaixin family harvesting rice near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County, Yunan province, China.  The grain is threshed in the field before bagging to carry out.  The stalks are laid out to dry in the terraces.
    MM6977_071020_20938.jpg
  • The Palouse of Washigton is an area of loess hills built out of wind-blown dust.  High hills are extremely fertile, with exceptional production of dryland wheat.
    MM6977_070625_03905.jpg
  • The Palouse of Washigton is an area of loess hills built out of wind-blown dust.  High hills are extremely fertile, with exceptional production of dryland wheat.
    MM6977_070625_03045.jpg
  • Soil scientist and farmer Dave Huggins stands above one of the soils on the Washginton State University research farm outside Pullman, Washington
    MM6977_070628_04857.jpg
  • In the village of Garadawa, near Keita, Niger.  One of the villages where the Project Keita has been restoring soil.  Most of the work has been done by the women of the area. Zakari Minara is the older lady holding court over the operation where the women were winnowing the sorghum.
    MM6977_071211_33211.jpg
  • James Duggan, 2522 Arrowhead Rd., Niles, Kansas 67480  Phone: 785 488-3892  Cell: 785 822-7652
    MM6977_070830_16006.jpg
  • In the villages around Keita, Niger villagers and the FAO have combined efforts to restore 36,000 sq. kilometers of land that was ravaged by the droughts of the 70's and 80's.  Most of the work has been done by some 10,000 women of the area, returning much of the land to productivity.In all they have planted 18,000,000 trees.
    MM6977_071211_32699.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.
    MM6977_071005_18040.jpg
  • In the villages around Keita, Niger villagers and the FAO have combined efforts to restore 36,000 sq. kilometers of land that was ravaged by the droughts of the 70's and 80's.  Most of the work has been done by some 10,000 women of the area, returning much of the land to productivity.In all they have planted 18,000,000 trees.
    MM6977_071211_32632.jpg
  • In the villages around Keita, Niger villagers and the FAO have combined efforts to restore 36,000 sq. kilometers of land that was ravaged by the droughts of the 70's and 80's.  Most of the work has been done by some 10,000 women of the area, returning much of the land to productivity.In all they have planted 18,000,000 trees.<br />
Mariama Abdouleye and her children (left) Idrissa Abdourahmane and (right) Abdoulaye Aboubakar.<br />
<br />
Her sister is Rabi Aboubakar.
    MM6977_071212_33717.jpg
  • In the villages around Keita, Niger villagers and the FAO have combined efforts to restore 36,000 sq. kilometers of land that was ravaged by the droughts of the 70's and 80's.  Most of the work has been done by some 10,000 women of the area, returning much of the land to productivity.In all they have planted 18,000,000 trees.
    MM6977_071211_32378.jpg
  • Aly Ouedraogo has led efforts to restore farmland in Gourcy, about 40 kilometers south of Ouahigouya in Burkina Faso.  Work included using low rows of stones called bunds, to control water flow and let water permeate into the soil.  The picture show the landscape in March 1986 when work began, and illustrates how barren the land was at the time.
    MM6977_071208_31716.jpg
  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of China.  Small fields are all that is left as the erosion whittles away at the land available for crops.
    MM6977_071020_24250.jpg
  • Archeologists from the Central Amazon Project work in the forest of Brazil to discover the workings of terra preta (black earth) and how it was created by the indians living in the area.The vast quantity of potsherds and their even distribution indicates the were produced for the purpose and placed in the soil by the native Indians, not left by accident. <br />
<br />
Contact:  Bill Woods,  Department of Geography <br />
University of Kansas,  217A Lindley Hall,  ,  ,    Phone:  785 864-5541 Or: 785 864-8992 Or: 785.691.5368 Email: wwoods@ku.edu
    MM6977_070804_12449.jpg
  • Soil fungi growing on petri dishes at Iowa State University.<br />
.
    MM6977_070824_12661.jpg
  • Woman carrying food to workers in the fields near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County as they harvest rice.
    MM6977_071020_22337.jpg
  • In the village of Garadawa, near Keita, Niger.  One of the villages where the Project Keita has been restoring soil.  Most of the work has been done by the women of the area.
    MM6977_071211_33053.jpg
  • Restoration in the Loess Plateau region of China  Wang Chun Jun harvesting potatoes high on the hills above Miao Jia Yan village in Zizhou County where there is a very large restoration project planting date trees.
    MM6977_071020_26826.jpg
  • Soil salinization in the Grand Valley near Grand Junction, Colorado.  Salt within in the soil leaches to the surface, or is pushed up by groundwater. With only eight inches of rainfall per year the region is arid.  Farmers use irrigation water, which also forces the salt down into the subsoil, but also adds salinity to the nearby Colorado River.<br />
<br />
Contact:  Lloyd "Butch" Reed,  NCRS,  ,  Grand Junction,  CO,    Phone:  970 242-4511  x113 Or:  Or:  Email:
    MM6977_070623_01147.jpg
  • Farmers in the Baoshanzhai area of  Yuanyang County, harvest the rice from their terraces, threshing the grain as they go along.  Yunan Province, China.Zhu Minying farms with her family in Yuanyang County, growing rice on the terraced fields in the Baoshanzhai area.
    MM6977_071020_22675.jpg
  • Jerry Glover with prairie roots.
    MM6977_060609_00050.jpg
  • Aly Ouedraogo has led efforts to restore farmland in Gourcy, about 40 kilometers south of Ouahigouya in Burkina Faso.  Work included using low rows of stones called bunds, to control water flow and let water permeate into the soil.  The picture show the landscape in March 1986 when work began, and illustrates how barren the land was at the time.
    MM6977_071208_31662.jpg
  • Archeologists from the Central Amazon Project work in the forest of Brazil to discover the workings of terra preta (black earth) and how it was created by the indians living in the area.The vast quantity of potsherds and their even distribution indicates the were produced for the purpose and placed in the soil by the native Indians, not left by accident.
    MM6977_070804_12449.jpg
  • Soil salinization in the Grand Valley near Grand Junction, Colorado.  Salt within in the soil leaches to the surface, or is pushed up by groundwater. With only eight inches of rainfall per year the region is arid.  Farmers use irrigation water, which also forces the salt down into the subsoil, but also adds salinity to the nearby Colorado River.
    MM6977_070623_01147.jpg
  • Soil fungi growing on petri dishes at Iowa State University.<br />
.
    MM6977_070824_12713-2.jpg
  • At the Dead City of Baqerha in the mountains outside of Aleppo.  Properous in Byzantine times and until the 9th or 10th centuries, the Dead Cities fell prey to environmental destruction, first earthquakes, then soil erosion that destroyed any hope of prosperity and full repopulation.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org<br />
<br />
<br />
In the background can be seen the Dead City of Dargeeta.
    MM6977_071007_18787.jpg
  • Soil profile of Mediterranian soil at ICARDA on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org
    MM6977_071009_20155.jpg
  • Farmers near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County harvest rice from their terraces to make a meager living.
    MM6977_071020_22337.jpg
  • The ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra, once a thriving city.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org
    MM6977_071008_19039-2.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.<br />
<br />
At the Dead City of Kharrab Shams outside of Aleppo.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org
    MM6977_071005_17659.jpg
  • Soil fungi growing on petri dishes at Iowa State University
    MM6977_070824_12698.jpg
  • Soil layers of the Palouse region of eastern Washington are revealed in a deep road cut.  More then ten layers of buried paleosoils are visible to soil scientist John Reganold of Washington State University.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Reganold, Professor of Soil Science<br />
Washington State University<br />
Room 201, Johnson Hall<br />
Pullman, WA 99164<br />
Phone 509 335-8856<br />
Email: reganold@wsu.edu
    MM6977_070629_05251.jpg
  • The Palouse of Washigton is an area of loess hills built out of wind-blown dust.  High hills are extremely fertile, with exceptional production of dryland wheat.
    MM6977_070625_02787.jpg
  • Soil scientist and farmer Dave Huggins stands above one of the soils on the Washginton State University research farm outside Pullman, Washington
    MM6977_070628_04857-2.jpg
  • In the villages around Keita, Niger villagers and the FAO have combined efforts to restore 36,000 sq. kilometers of land that was ravaged by the droughts of the 70's and 80's.  Most of the work has been done by some 10,000 women of the area, returning much of the land to productivity.In all they have planted 18,000,000 trees.Issia Saidou is a sorghum and millet farmer, who was a soldier during the 80's drought.
    MM6977_071212_33628.jpg
  • Farmers in the Baoshanzhai area of  Yuanyang County, harvest the rice from their terraces, threshing the grain as they go along.  Yunan Province, China.Zhu Minying farms with her family in Yuanyang County, growing rice on the terraced fields in the Baoshanzhai area.
    MM6977_071020_22677.jpg
  • Archeologists from the Central Amazon Project work in the forest of Brazil to discover the workings of terra preta (black earth) and how it was created by the indians living in the area. Farmer Pedro Macedo looks into the the Terra Preta soil on his farm where archeologists are researching the formation of the soil.  In the background are the papaya trees he grows. At the Laguinho Site.
    MM6977_070803_11972.jpg
  • Earthworms in compost turn waste into soil.  Worms from the lifeline in soil, moving nutrients and recycling organic matter.
    MM6977_070828_15346.jpg
  • Soil fungi growing on petri dishes at Iowa State University.<br />
.
    MM6977_070824_12665.jpg
  • In the village of Garadawa, near Keita, Niger.  One of the villages where the Project Keita has been restoring soil.  Most of the work has been done by the women of the area. Issa Aminatou is winnowing sorghum by pouring the grain and allowing the evening breezed to blow away the chaff.  Her baby is on her back, getting first lessons in where food comes from.
    MM6977_071211_33235.jpg
  • Farming in the Euphrates valley of Syria, the birthplace of agriculture some 10,000 years ago.  Growing and harvesting sesame.<br />
<br />
Harvesting sesame at Dwerat village was Sawsan Khalawi
    MM6977_071010_20467.jpg
  • Farming in the Euphrates valley of Syria, the birthplace of agriculture some 10,000 years ago.  Growing and harvesting sesame.
    MM6977_071010_20320.jpg
  • Aerial of farmland in southwest Wisconsin near the Mississippi River, south of La Crosse.  Farms surrounded by clouds along the ridges of the rich Loess bluffs along the Mississippi River.
    MM6977_070826_13434.jpg
  • Soil profile in virgin prairie in Kansas.
    MM6977_060718_00383.jpg
  • The Palouse of Washigton is an area of loess hills built out of wind-blown dust.  High hills are extremely fertile, with exceptional production of dryland wheat.
    MM6977_070625_03297.jpg
  • Restoration in the Loess Plateau region of China  Wang Chun Jun harvesting potatoes high on the hills above Miao Jia Yan village in Zizhou County where there is a very large restoration project planting date trees.
    MM6977_071020_26826.jpg
  • Soils in Syria.  Scenes of the Dead Cities, where ancient Byzantine ruins tell of  prosperous communities that are now abandoned. Soil erosion ended the fertility of the area that supported a large population.
    MM6977_071005_18055.jpg
  • On the farm of Yacouba Sawadogo near the village of Gourga in northern Burkina Faso (north of Oubhigouya.  Yacouba has been a famous pioneer in using the technique of Zai, small pits dug in the hard soil to promote plant growth, the restore regions once thought lost to desertification in Sub-Saharan Africa.
    MM6977_071207_29862.jpg
  • In the villages around Keita, Niger villagers and the FAO have combined efforts to restore 36,000 sq. kilometers of land that was ravaged by the droughts of the 70's and 80's.  Most of the work has been done by some 10,000 women of the area, returning much of the land to productivity.In all they have planted 18,000,000 trees.<br />
Mariama Abdouleye and her children (left) Idrissa Abdourahmane and (right) Abdoulaye Aboubakar.<br />
<br />
Her sister is Rabi Aboubakar.
    MM6977_071212_33717.jpg
  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of chinaHeavy soil erosion of the Loess Plateau in the Yuan Yang distirict, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China. Zhang Yulan farms with her husband in the village of Yin Jai Yan in the county of Liu Quian He county, Yuan Yang distirict, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province.
    MM6977_071020_23799.jpg
  • The Reed family of Washington, Iowa has farmed their land for over three generations.  Contact Paul Reed, 1806 250th Street, Washington, Dc  52353<br />
Phone:  319 653-5520, Cell 319 863-3324<br />
Email: npkkreed@hotmail.com<br />
<br />
Family members include Cletus Reed (grandfather), Pual (Aussie hat), Nick, Kevin (father of Sam and Ava), and Ken (youngest son with beard.)
    MM6977_070827_14735.jpg
  • Palouse farmer John Aeschliman in his wheat field near Colfax, Washington.  The soil is the deep loess soil of the Palouse which is incredibly rich and productive, especially for wheat growing.  Aeschliman is a proponent of no-till farming that minimizes tillage.  <br />
Contact:  John Aeschliman, 201 Aeischliman Road, Colfax, WA  99111.  Phone: 509 397-3118.  Email: jeaesc@colfax.com
    MM6977_070626_04084.jpg
  • Earthworms in compost turn waste into soil.  Worms from the lifeline in soil, moving nutrients and recycling organic matter.
    MM6977_070828_15267.jpg
  • Soil fungi growing on petri dishes at Iowa State University.<br />
.
    MM6977_070824_12713.jpg
  • Soil fungi growing on petri dishes at Iowa State University.
    MM6977_070824_12710.jpg
  • Soil fungi growing on petri dishes at Iowa State University.<br />
.
    MM6977_070824_12687.jpg
  • Soil fungi growing on petri dishes at Iowa State University.
    MM6977_070824_12693.jpg
  • Li Kaixin family harvesting rice near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County, Yunan province, China.  The grain is threshed in the field before bagging to carry out.  The stalks are laid out to dry in the terraces.
    MM6977_071020_20874.jpg
  • In the villages around Keita, Niger villagers and the FAO have combined efforts to restore 36,000 sq. kilometers of land that was ravaged by the droughts of the 70's and 80's.  Most of the work has been done by some 10,000 women of the area, returning much of the land to productivity.In all they have planted 18,000,000 trees.
    MM6977_071211_32468.jpg
  • Soil comparison of organically farmed soil and conventionally farmed soil at the Rodale Institute near Kutztown, Pennsylvania.  The soil on the left is from a test plot that has been farmed organically for 30 years.  Soil at right is conventionally farmed soil from a same test field.  Organically farmed soil has good structure and holds water and its shape.  Conventionally farmed soil has almost no structure and falls apart in water.<br />
<br />
Contact:  Paul Reed Hepperly,  The Rodale Institute,  611 Siegfriedale Road,  Kutztown,  PA,  19530  Phone:  610-683-1461 Or:  Or:  Email: paul.hepperly@rodaleinst.org
    MM6977_070712_09006.jpg
  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of chinaHeavy soil erosion of the Loess Plateau in the Yuan Yang distirict, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China. Zhang Yulan farms with her husband in the village of Yin Jai Yan in the county of Liu Quian He county, Yuan Yang distirict, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province.
    MM6977_071020_23799.jpg
  • The Reed family of Washington, Iowa has farmed their land for over three generations.  Contact Paul Reed, 1806 250th Street, Washington, Dc  52353<br />
Phone:  319 653-5520, Cell 319 863-3324<br />
Email: npkkreed@hotmail.com<br />
<br />
Family members include Cletus Reed (grandfather), Pual (Aussie hat), Nick, Kevin (father of Sam and Ava), and Ken (youngest son with beard.)
    MM6977_070827_14735.jpg
  • Restoration in the Loess Plateau region of China.  Fo Tang Yan village in Zizhou County where there is a very large restoration project planting date trees.  The propaganda moto on a terrace read "Plant a thousand mu (Chinese acres) of date trees for a thousand years of prosperity."
    MM6977_071020_27188.jpg
  • In the villages around Keita, Niger villagers and the FAO have combined efforts to restore 36,000 sq. kilometers of land that was ravaged by the droughts of the 70's and 80's.  Most of the work has been done by some 10,000 women of the area, returning much of the land to productivity.In all they have planted 18,000,000 trees.<br />
Mariama Abdouleye and her children (left) Idrissa Abdourahmane and (right) Abdoulaye Aboubakar.<br />
<br />
Her sister is Rabi Aboubakar.
    MM6977_071212_33717.jpg
  • Farmland in southwest Wisconsin near the Mississippi River, south of La Crosse.  Farms surrounded by clouds along the ridges of the rich Loess bluffs along the Mississippi River.
    MM6977_070826_13447.jpg
  • Li Kaixin family harvesting rice near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County, Yunan province, China.  The grain is threshed in the field before bagging to carry out.  The stalks are laid out to dry in the terraces.
    MM6977_071020_20938.jpg
  • For Horse Plowing demonstration contact:  Spencer Yeoman, 10185 E. Farm School Rd., Davis IL  61019<br />
815 297-3866<br />
email:  cobblers7000@yahoo.comDemonstrations at the Farm Technology Show in Albany, Wisconsin<br />
<br />
Contact:  Glenn Thompson, General Manager, Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, Inc.<br />
1450 Linden Drive, Room 146<br />
Madison, WI  53706<br />
608 262-2966<br />
Cell:  608 295-7495
    MM6977_070920_17374.jpg
  • Soil profile of Mediterranian soil at ICARDA on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria.<br />
<br />
Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org
    MM6977_071009_20155.jpg
  • Soils in Syria. Villages in the Khanasser Valley where the soil is poor and there is little water.
    MM6977_071006_18476.jpg
  • Earthworms in compost turn waste into soil.  Worms from the lifeline in soil, moving nutrients and recycling organic matter.
    MM6977_070828_15311.jpg
  • Earthworms in compost turn waste into soil.  Worms from the lifeline in soil, moving nutrients and recycling organic matter.
    MM6977_070828_15276.jpg
  • Soil fungi growing on petri dishes at Iowa State University.<br />
.
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  • Farmers near Sheng Cun Village in Yuanyang County harvest rice from their terraces to make a meager living.
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  • Restoration in the Loess Plateau region of China.  Fo Tang Yan village in Zizhou County where there is a very large restoration project planting date trees.  The propaganda moto on a terrace read "Plant a thousand mu (Chinese acres) of date trees for a thousand years of prosperity."
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  • The Palouse of Washigton is an area of loess hills built out of wind-blown dust.  High hills are extremely fertile, with exceptional production of dryland wheat.
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  • Soil comparison of organically farmed soil and conventionally farmed soil at the Rodale Institute near Kutztown, Pennsylvania.  The soil on the left is from a test plot that has been farmed organically for 30 years.  Soil at right is conventionally farmed soil from a same test field.  Organically farmed soil has good structure and holds water and its shape.  Conventionally farmed soil has almost no structure and falls apart in water.
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  • Earthworms in compost turn waste into soil.  Worms from the lifeline in soil, moving nutrients and recycling organic matter.
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  • Soil making in progress as sphagnum moss decomposes in a sample of Arctic Tundra from Alaska. <br />
Bits of the soil were set in water, letting the decomposing leaves float free.  Also a rich environment of all of the bacteria and microbes that do the work of the soil.
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