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Soil is alive.
She studies the rooting zone of the soil and explained the relationships of living organisms that toil beneath the surface during the recent western Canadian grazing conference held in Red Deer. Vigorous plant production is reflected in the productivity and health of animals that eat the plants. Maintaining healthy soil benefits people because the mineral nutrients found in the food, at some point, existed in the soil. In undisturbed soil, most nutrient cycling, roots and biological activity are found in the top 20 to 30 centimetres. This is called the rhizosphere or rooting zone.