soil-conservation
Noun
Meaning
protection of soil against erosion or deterioration
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soil conservation
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As a young man, Cagney became interested in farming – sparked by a soil conservation lecture he had attended – to the extent that during his first walkout from Warner Bros., he helped to found a convert farm in Martha's Vineyard.
The small herd of Katahdin sheep are part of Bazzetta’s big-picture approach to farming, soil conservation and meat production at the 121-acre Horseradish Ranch, 25 miles northeast of White Salmon.
The draftees worked in areas such as soil conservation, forestry, fire fighting, agriculture, social services and mental health.
Rather than just "turning up with Ava Gardner on my arm" to accept his honorary degree, Cagney turned the tables upon the college's faculty by writing and submitting a paper on soil conservation.
These were the first enduring practical programs to curtail future susceptibility to drought, creating agencies that first began to stress soil conservation measures to protect farm lands today.
Under the law, "benefit payments were continued as measures for production control and income support, but they were now financed by direct Congressional appropriations and justified as soil conservation measures.