1/3 of our top soil gone but we keep raising better crops than 50 years ago. Short read , not doubting but not the end of the world either. https://www.npr.org/2021/02/24/967376880/new-evidence-shows-fertile-soil-gone-from-midwestern-farms?fbclid=IwAR3AF-Cw2STokZMZAuUy3hxyvNYODeYqhed12ALWi3jgfdvcN0PS4gZJVEU