Soil nutrients play an important supporting role in ecosystems, which cannot function without these vital components. Practices such as planting more vegetation, building retaining walls, and preventing water runoff contribute toward maintaining healthy soil nutrient levels. Why are practices like these important, and how do they benefit the ecosystem? How can you apply this to your life and make the world a better place?

Maintaining healthy soil demands care and effort from farmers, Plants obtain nutrients from two natural sources: organic matter and minerals.  Soil is a major source of nutrients needed by plants for growth. Plants also need small quantities of iron, manganese, zinc, copper, boron, and molybdenum,  

Soils supply the essential nutrients, water, oxygen and root support that our food-producing plants need to grow and flourish. They also serve as a buffer to protect delicate plant roots from drastic fluctuations in temperature

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