ABSTRACT
People, in general, are familiar with soil because it is an essential part of their day-to-day life. Soil is recognized by many as most essential for life on earth and as the most basic nonrenewable resource because several hundreds of years are needed to reproduce it. With rapid urbanization, increasing growth of big cities, and construction of large multistoried buildings since the industrial revolution, fewer and fewer people are in direct contact with soil. This disconnect also contributes to the reduced understanding of soil as a basic natural resource. The importance of soils for the survival of mankind is less imperative for people living in urbanized areas. With the ever-increasing number of supermarkets and varieties of frozen foods available on the shelves of grocery stores, there is no time to think about soil, which is the paramount resource for producing most of our handy microwavable food.
