Comparing an apple to the earth

SOIL - WHAT WE REALLY HAVE LEFT

apple/earth

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Pretend that this apple is the planet Earth, round, beautiful, and full of good things. Notice its skin, hugging and protecting the surface.Water covers approximately 75% of the surface.

Now cut the apple in quarters(4 pieces). Toss three quarters(3 pieces) (75%) away.

25%/75% apple

The three quarters (75%) you just removed represents how much of the earth is covered with water - oceans, lakes, rivers, streams. What is left (25%) represents the dry land.

50% of that dry land is desert, polar, or mountainous regions where it is too hot, too cold or too high to be productive.

So cut that dry land quarter in half and toss one piece away.

2 - 10% apple pieces

When 50% is removed, this is what is left. 12.5% of the apple(earth).

Of that 12.5%, 40% is severely limited by terrain, fertile soil or excessive rainfall. It is too rocky, steep, shallow, poor or too wet to support food production.

Cut that 40% portion away.

You are left with approximately 10% of the apple.

Peel the skin (representing remaining soil) from the tiny remaining sliver (10% of the apple).

Skin from 10% apple

The remaining skin of the 10% apple, this small fragment of the land area, represents the soil we depend on for the world's food supply. This fragment competes with all other needs - housing, cities, schools, hospitals, shopping centers, land fills, etc., etc. And, sometimes, it doesn't win.

Do we need to do our part to keep that remaining skin? - YOU BET! Do we do that with mother nature's organic matter or harsh chemicals?

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