An ancient Chinese proverb says, "The footsteps of the farmer are the best fertilizer." I try to walk through the fields everyday. Often I find myself asking the soil, "How can I better take care of you." I don't hear it talk back, but somehow, I think the billions of organisms that live in the soil, hear me. When "walking the fields," I have unique, new ideas about caring for the soil. I wonder where these new ideas come from.