It looked like windblown soil from the bed of a lake or pond the kind of place most likely to harbor life and preserve its remains.

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The label featured a rather ugly brown rock. (Silex is the type of soil found in the Dagueneau vineyards.) "It is kind of ugly, " I admitted.

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Critics of this kind of farming point to its limited social benefits, and to its ecological costs, which include soil erosion and the heavy use of chemicals.

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