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“Food for Life”
Worldwide agribusiness is depleting our soils, contaminating our water, and, despite huge inputs of fertilizers and pesticides, yields are stagnating and sometimes unexpectedly plunging. In Natural Capitalism, the authors describe vividly these deleterious effects of modern agriculture. Fortunately, abundant food can be grown while enriching the soil and creating no waste whatsoever. To continue our existence on this planet, we need what the authors call "natural capital." They speak of soil as "the ultimate natural capital".