{"product_id":"iowas-remarkable-soils-kathleen-woida-9781609387501","title":"Iowa's Remarkable Soils: The Story of Our Most Vital Resource and How We Can Save It","description":"Sometimes called \"black gold,\" Iowa's deep, rich soils are a treasure that formed over thousands of years under the very best of the world's grasslands--the tallgrass prairie. The soils are diverse and complex and hold within them a record not only of Iowa's prehistoric past, but also of the changes that took place after settlers utterly transformed the land, as well as the ongoing adjustments taking place today due to climate change. In language that is scientifically sound but accessible to the layperson, Kathleen Woida explains how soils formed and have changed over centuries and millennia in the land between two rivers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Its soils are what make Iowa a premier agricultural state, both in terms of acres planted and bushels harvested. But in the last hundred years, large-scale intensive agriculture and urban development have severely degraded most of our soils. However, as Woida documents, some innovative Iowans are beginning to repair and regenerate their soils by treating them as the living ecosystem and vast carbon store that they are. To paraphrase Aldo Leopold, these new pioneers are beginning to see their soils as part of a community to which they and their descendants belong, rather than commodities belonging to them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Woida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609387503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609387501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022","brand":"Kathleen Woida","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051004981503,"sku":"9781609387501","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a40e7c1-e301-40f3-a083-1ba5bc6f3cf3.jpg?v=1685010523","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/iowas-remarkable-soils-kathleen-woida-9781609387501","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}