Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part One. The Inheritance: Fertile Black Gold
One. Profiles of the Underground
Two. Wealth in Diversity
Three. The Stories They Can Tell
Four. Soils on Iowa’s Hidden Landscapes
Part Two. The Sixth Factor: People, Agriculture, and Soils
Five. Reaping the Bounty
Six. Squandering the Inheritance
Seven. Rediscovering the Living Soil
Eight. Stories from the Field
Nine. Soils, Climate Change, and the Future
Glossary
Bibliography
Index