{"id":17751,"date":"2019-05-06T08:06:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T15:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=17751"},"modified":"2019-05-06T08:09:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T15:09:18","slug":"were-treating-our-soil-like-dirt-from-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/05\/06\/were-treating-our-soil-like-dirt-from-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re treating our soil like dirt &#8211; from the New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mcN-10-2-759x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17768\" width=\"361\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mcN-10-2-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mcN-10-2-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mcN-10-2-768x1035.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mcN-10-2.jpg 1226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wendy McNaughton is a New York Times writer\/illustrator who creates the column <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/column\/meanwhile\">&#8220;Meanwhile&#8221;<\/a> in the paper&#8217;s Sunday Business Section. 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