Just Say No to Abuse Declaring War on Terrorism. Many people have little tolerance for dirt. They spend their whole life trying to get rid of it. I think it is one of the reasons most of the population lives in cities.
Urban folk go to great lengths to cover every square inch of the land with asphalt and concrete.
Luckily for them, some small groups of people still enjoy working the soil. Most of the food produced is a result of these farmers who work the soil and get their hands dirty every day. Soil is a result of many years of hard work by Mother Nature. Rock and minerals are broken into tiny pieces and combined with organic matter to form the various types of soils found today. Depending on the composition and depth of the soil it can support varying levels of air, water and nutrients .