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Modern farming looks natural from the surface. Beneath it lies one of the largest chemical systems humanity has ever built — synthetic nitrogen, mined phosphorus, industrial pesticides, and soils increasingly shaped by chemistry rather than nature. Fields of Chemistry explores what happened when land became an industrial experiment.
By Alex WhiteModern farming looks natural from the surface. Beneath it lies one of the largest chemical systems humanity has ever built — synthetic nitrogen, mined phosphorus, industrial pesticides, and soils increasingly shaped by chemistry rather than nature. Fields of Chemistry explores what happened when land became an industrial experiment.