Soil health benefits farmers, environment
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February 9, 2018

Soil health benefits farmers, environment

LIVERPOOL, NY — A Peace Corps trip to Bolivia exposed Aaron Ristow to the dramatic ill effects of severe soil degradation, both in regard to soil productivity and the environment. Now a Cornell Cooperative Extension associate in the Soil and Crop Sciences Section,

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