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Abigail Spanberger: “Healthy soil also reduces risk: in recent years, droughts and floods have cost our economy billions of dollars.”

On the recordJune 24, 2019
Healthy soil also reduces risk: in recent years, droughts and floods have cost our economy billions of dollars.
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Abigail Spanberger
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Spanberger points out how healthy soil mitigates economic risks from extreme weather.

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