Meet the fixer: This young farmer is saving soil.

Grist
By Grist staffApr 18, 2017, 6:00 am46 pts
Five generations after his ancestors busted the sod on the plains of Kansas, Justin Knopf is rebuilding it. Farmers across America are dealing with soil loss, fertilizer runoff, and increasingly tough weeds. Knopf has a novel solution: Roots. Roots catch and hold fertilizer, water, and earth. They also pull…

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