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The tree-lined streets of the University of Massachusetts (UMass) and hallowed hallways of Yale University are two places most farmers would not expect to find a hot debate over soil erosion. And, yet, late this winter, staff at both campuses attacked agriculture’s ongoing failure to protect farmland. Don’t worry, no ivory tower was toppled. The standard Midwestern view of soil loss—that it’s a cost of production like seed or fertilizer—took a long-overdue hit, though. The examination began in mid-February when Yale Environment 360, an online magazine published by the university’s School of Environment, highlighted a December UMass study that showed “more than a third of farmland in the U.S. Corn Belt”—or about 30 million acres—“has completely lost its carbon-rich topsoil due to erosion…”

New yorkUnited statesVerlyn klinkenborgDecember umassYale universitySchool of environmentUniversity of massachusetts umassYale environmentNew york times editorialSoil is sacrificing americaNatural heritageபுதியது யார்க்ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில்வெர்லின் கிலிங்கேன்போர்க்டிசம்பர் உமஸ்ஸ்யேல் பல்கலைக்கழகம்