Once rich with magnesium and life, Australia’s soils are running on empty — and so are we

You don’t have to own a farm to be part of the fix:

• Buy from regenerative growers at local markets. Ask how they treat their soil.
• Compost food scraps. Every peel or coffee ground returned to earth repairs a small piece of the cycle.
• Grow something. Even a balcony herb pot reconnects you with the living chemistry of soil.
• Support food literacy. Teach children that true nourishment begins underground. When consumers reward soil care instead of packaging, agriculture follows.