Quote by Judith D. Schwartz

“the overburden like that they’ve turned the geology upside down. Topsoil is on the bottom and rock that was on the bottom is now…

— David Baldacci

When the Europeans first arrived in North America, the average depth of the topsoil was 53.34 cm (1¾ ft) and it was rich in…

— Thom Hartmann

Let me tell you about a place where technology won't work. When you walk onto a farm and are standing on soil, there is…

— Howard Graham Buffett

I've always been interested in the idea of the artificial landscape. Reforming the landscape. Architecture being a method of reforming the earth's surface.

— Lebbeus Woods

The soil is actually the greatest technology we have for adapting to climate change. And I feel it's our generation's duty to build it…

— Jason Mraz

“Your topsoil's a disaster area — it's starved for nitrogen, it's been fertilized for years by the criminally insane, and whatever thief put in…

— Peter S. Beagle

Drilling gaping holes into the crust of the earth with fallible equipment in order to summon forth millions of gallons of hydrocarbons is difficult…

— Cord Jefferson

People need to realize how powerful the transformation of soil can be.

— Ron Finley

Conserving habitats is a wellspring for the next industrial revolution.

— Janine Benyus

The most interesting biofuel efforts avoid using land that's expensive and has high opportunity costs. They do this by getting onto other types of…

— Bill Gates

Rather than think about fields producing food, and the rest of the land producing everything else, we need to think about managing integrated, multifunctional,…

— Tim Benton

The main problem with biofuels - the land required - stems from their low power density.

— Michael Shellenberger