Welcome to the third lesson, Soil, of Episcopal Relief & Development’s Abundant Life Garden
Project program, an interactive, Scripture-based program. The land we tread produces our
food, serves as a reservoir for our water and provides a habitat for a vast diversity of organisms–
ourselves included. Our use of soil determines whether our crops flourish, whether erosion washes
away vital nutrients into our water sources, whether we live in polluted or clean environments
and whether we have enough food, clean water and lumber to sustain our lives and those of other
creatures on this earth.