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It should be noted that synthetic fertilizer use isn’t just detrimental to soil: it also contributes to climate change and to water pollution through the release of N₂O, causing severe algal blooms in several agricultural areas of the US.

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Sustainable agriculture can improve the water retention of soil because healthy soils with high organic matter can retain more water; every 1% increase in organic matter in soil can lead to soil holding 20,000 more gallons of water per acre.

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Sustainable agricultural techniques help fight climate change. One technique, cover cropping, helps to isolate the carbon in the soil, and create a healthier, safer soil.

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I learned that animal waste from concentrated animal feeding operations can contain microbes and antibiotic's which in turn  can lead to antibiotic-resistant bacteria in soils. This is an issue because these antibiotics remain in the soil for a random  amount of time and unfortunately can be taken up by any crops in the soil.

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Some synthetic fertilizers are made with fossil fuels. Also fertilizers can cause build up of salt in the soil.

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Soils are often thought of as “living” because so many different types of organisms are alive in them, from bacteria to fungi to earthworms.

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Excessive use of fertilizer can lead to the build up of salts, metal contamination, and nitrate accumulation which can eventually result in water pollution.

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Soil can take anywhere from 100-1,000 years to develop, but it still technically a "renewable resource"

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Monocropping is growing the same crop on the same plot of land, year after year. This practice depletes the soil of nutrients and reduces organic matter in soil and can cause significant erosion.

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Soil is actually described as a mixture of microbes, water, minerals, and organic materials.

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One teaspoon of soil can have as many as 1 billion living things

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Soil scientists have discovered that monocropping alters the microbial landscape of soil, decreasing beneficial microbes and causing poor plant growth over time.

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Pesticides are chemicals that are used to control weeds (herbicides), insects (insecticides) and fungi (fungicides) in food, fiber and wood production.

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Monocropping decreases beneficial microbes and causes poor plant growth over time

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i found it surprising of the number of impacts industrial farming causes ie. global warming and soil degradation
Ved K

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Complex crop rotation can increase can make yields increase by 10%

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Soil is constantly changing and is never static

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Regenerative farming techniques are focused on building soil health through ecosystem-centered techniques such as crop rotation, and mulching.

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Sustainable agricultural techniques are an alternative that can help build healthy soil

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monocropping makes it necessary to use fertilizers because of the decrease of nutrients and organic matter.

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Nearly 80% of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems is in soil. Very interesting!