Those who have lived in tall buildings for a long time, walked on stone pavements and traveled on asphalt roads may not understand or have forgotten the value of soil and its products. Soil is one of the most important elements of a sustainable life, at least as much as water.
In ancient Greek philosophy, the element of all physical things is earth. For Uyghur Turks, on the other hand, land is the most important inheritance, they think of the land that they will inherit as much as their children who will continue their lineage.
Today, it is the ground where plants live and feed, and it is one of the most important sources for vegetation. Many minerals found in the soil exist in the bodies of living things, and this is enough information to explain the importance of soil in our lives.
Those who prefer city life will find peace even after a few hours of walking on the ground, and they will have the chance to see the vegetation exhibited by the soil. Where there is soil, a plant will definitely grow, a living thing must live on the soil, and each one of them has an enormous beauty that we can see.
There is no need to mention the benefits and effects it provides, we already know, see and realize them. Despite having all this awareness, we are moving away from the soil every day, we are afraid that the soil will get on our shoes wherever we step. The soil that becomes muddy when it comes into contact with soil or water has become a symbol of dirt for us and we have been protecting our homes from soil.
If the soil that we have moved so far away from and treated as germs and filth suddenly disappears from our lives, we can eat each other instead of vegetables and fruits. Despite the thousands of products grown by the pleasant soil, people are already eating each other anyway, but this is a separate issue.
For me, the most valuable profession in the world is farming, you can know coding, you can be a surgeon who successfully performs the most dangerous surgeries, you can be an international law expert, but you have to eat the product grown on the soil.
Elon Musk eats apples, I eat apples, kings eat vegetables, I eat vegetables, but not everyone does farming!
It is possible to see plants, flowers and herbs that grow spontaneously on the soil without any effort, even when we go out of the agricultural areas and climb the mountains. Nature does this for us by using the factors of wind, rain, sun and soil. Jungle forests are places where people have not stepped for centuries and prove how nature can survive spontaneously. Of course, if there is still a jungle today!
The worst enemy of the soil is fire, burning wood, wood, coal, etc. on the soil. It kills the soil and its fertility. Recovery of the affected soil in major fires is carried out after a series of operations.
I did not describe the people who set these fires by being polite as the enemies of the soil, but you already know who can light the fire.
Instead of approaching the land that has given us thousands of blessings with more respect and passing on its importance to our future generations, we treat the land as if it is dirt and move away. However, today, soil filters the freshest water sources and traps them in it, and we reach that pure water and drink it to the fullest.
Even thousands of wars and millions of bloodshed over the centuries for an inch of land do not help us understand the importance of land. There are many stories and true quotes about how greed for land has turned mankind into a tyrant. Whether we call it the soil or the resources under the soil, the result does not change, it is the soil that traps it there and contains it.
Every day my feet must touch the earth and my hand must grasp the earth, for from the earth I have come, to the earth I shall return.
Thank you for reading.
Farmers playing a fundamental role, every day we eat what they plant, they must study the soils, crops, be aware of the care that each food requires