Is There a Difference Between Soil and Dirt?

I think that what you're describing is a misconception that a lot of people have around farming and agriculture. A lot of people think that it's just finding a plot of dirt, planting seeds, putting water on it, and waiting. And agriculture really is so much more than that. Studies have shown that 30% or more of all the available topsoil in the world has been lost. More food will have to be produced in the next 50 years than has been produced in the last 10,000 years combined.