From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

John Beckett wrote:
> "Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
> news::
>> You break up the ground and add organics to it.  And what's with wheat?
>> What about rice?
>
> Thanks for the insight, but the point is that vast areas of the US have
> more than twenty feet of fertile top soil, while almost all of Australia
> has less than a few inches.
>

Shrug. How much top soil do you think saudi has? Ever seen the giant
circles of irrigated crops?

Takes a while but it's easily doable. The vitial ingedient is water.

> Taking significant amounts of food from soil requires either:
> - A lot of fertile soil (defer the problem). -or-
> - A lot of input.
>
> I'm happy with rice, but any crop requires nutrients.
>

Make em. Ever heard of the Indian "green revolution"? All to do
with agriculture & feeding hundreds of millions of indians.

Adam

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