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Every year, millions of cubic yards of topsoil move through an American marketplace that barely keeps records. We follow the dirt from construction-site stripping to suburban delivery, and meet the soil scientists trying to make the trade honest.
From Detroit's vacant lots to tribal lands in the Southwest, residents are testing, treating, and replanting contaminated soil themselves. Here's how the movement works — and a practical framework for starting a project on your own block.
From coal country solar arrays to rail corridors turned greenways, a look at seven reclamation projects showing what's possible when abandoned land gets a second act — with the methods, costs, and transferable lessons for your own community.