Poor neighborhoods can be 'fertile soil' for crime. [=there is often a lot of crime in poor neighborhoods]
I had never set foot 'on Japanese/Italian soil' before. [=I had never been to Japan/Italy before]
Cleaning up contaminated 'soil' [=soil that has harmful chemicals in it] can be very costly.
(..) Alex Pearson? Yeah, yeah, can I help you? In so many ways. Working late tonight, aren't you? Yeah, I work better at night. And these soil samples just arrived from the Bindura plateau. Ah, Zimbabwe. Their crops have been overrun by disease for decades. Well... (..)1998 TvShow: Charmed Title: The Truth Is Out There... and It Hurts Season: 1 Episode 8