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Fresh Earth Universe · Vol IDispatch 01 / 12 — The Lede

Dispatch 01 · The Lede

Healed land. Audited. Priced.

Hillview · NSW · April · L. Makepeace

Beneath the dust of one thousand, one hundred and sixty-seven hectares in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, a quiet currency is gathering interest. The currency is soil. Its rate of return is verified annually by an independent registrar. Its custodian is a fourth-generation grazier, and its yield, for the year ending March, was approximately A$1.84 million on a project cost of A$565,000. The asset class has not yet been named in any public market. This is the first dispatch.

■   Hillview · NSW · April

A specimen of dark, well-aggregated regenerative agricultural topsoil with visible mycorrhizal threads, photographed top-down on warm cream paper with a small printed scale bar.
Plate 01 · Fig. i · Topsoil specimen · 5 cm scale · cream-paper studio
Fresh Earth Universe · Vol I · Dispatch 01 of 12 · 2026HILLVIEW · NSW · APRIL · L. MAKEPEACE
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