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.
(..) street names "the rat" and "the butcher," who's known to hang out at a storage unit near Boerum Park, which has red soil, hence, the muddy red footprint on Morgenthau's counter. That's fine work, Detective. Thank you very much, sir. (..)2013 TvShow: Brooklyn Nine-Nine Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1