当约翰逊-瑟利夫总统意识到受过良好教育的人们能够为农业振兴贡献很大力量时，她随即于2008年6月启动了“回归沃土”活动，尤其是鼓励城市居民投身农业。
President Johnson-Sirleaf, recognizing that educated people could contribute much to an agriculture revival, launched her “Back to the Soil” campaign in June 2008 in large part to encourage urban dwellers to farm.