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• n  the layer of soil on the surface

• My earliest environmental lessons came from our efforts to prevent soil erosion--by stopping the formation of gullies that would wash away the vital topsoil on which our farm .
• Starved for moisture, the rich topsoil in hard-hit areas of the Great Plains is turning into a fine brown silt.
• In Tunisia, mechanized plowing cut so deeply into the thin layer of topsoil that much of it loosened and blew away.

• surface soil

News & Articles

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• My Little Salesman Customer Terex Finlay Launches New 2-Deck Tracked Mobile Screen
  Adaptable machine engineered for working in quarrying, mining, construction and demolition debris, topsoil, recycling, sand, gravel, coal and aggregate applications. (PRWeb June 19, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/my_little_salesman/finlay_684/prweb10818105.htm
  June 19, 2013 - PRWeb
• Topsoil Shop Sees Growth in Sales as the Company Expands
  New distribution points across the country lead to growth for TopsoilShop.co.uk (PRWeb June 16, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10836956.htm
  June 16, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Ed Stelmach in Straight Goods
  In 2006 campaign, Ed Stelmach said, "Shipping raw bitumen is like scraping off the topsoil, selling it, and thinking we have a rich farm because we have cash in the bank."
• Bob Simon in PR Web (press release)
  Simon asked, "The oil sands look like a very rich, pliable kind of topsoil. Why doesn't oil come out when squeezed?"
• Tom Harkin in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  We grow our crops, we get cheap food, and in exchange, we degrade our water.We are fouling the Mississippi and losing our topsoil at an alarming rate,says Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. "We need a new approach."