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Ants perfected farming 30 million years ago in the desert
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Ants perfected farming 30 million years ago in the desert

Apr 21, 2017
Turns out we humans aren't the only farmers on our planet! Ants are farmers too, growing crops of fungus in their nests in the soil. Entomologists at the National Museum of Natural History, part of the Smithsonian family of museums in the United States, just recently discovered that these amazing little ant societies have been growing domesticated varieties of fungus for 30 million years! You can learn more about the life beneath the soil at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museums Soil Lab!
We need to protect the world's soil before it's too late
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We need to protect the world's soil before it's too late

Apr 21, 2017
Environment Book Excerpt: The Ground Beneath Us Soil scientists fear that we are wasting and damaging our topsoil—the layer in which most of our food grows—at an entirely unsustainable rate. Read on.

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