#Earthworms boost #crop #yields by more than 140 million metric tons annually — equivalent to one slice of bread in every loaf, for wheat alone. So if earthworms were a country, they’d be the world’s fourth largest producer of grain:

https://www.science.org/content/article/if-earthworms-were-country-they-d-be-world-s-fourth-largest-producer-grain?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=6c58cfb500-briefing-dy-20230927&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-6c58cfb500-47995444

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