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Oct 71 min read
Featured Resource: For the Love of Soil
Love requires daily devotion and long-term commitment to a relationship. Daily devotion and long-term commitment are demonstrated through...
Sep 91 min read
Featured Resource: Regenerating the Ecology of Place
How does ecology play a role in our sense of being part of a community and a specific place? Let's look at the root meaning of ecology:...
Apr 231 min read
Featured Resource: Green Cover Seeds' Soil Health Resource Guide Fifth Edition
In this week’s episode of 4 The Soil: A Conversation, Dr. Elizabeth Heilman of Wichita State University uplifted the importance of...
Jan 32 min read
Research Summary: The Balance Between Environmental and Management Factors Effect on Soil Health Indicators
Tu, X., DeDecker, J., Viens, F. h. o., & Snapp, S. h. o. (2021). Environmental and management drivers of soil health indicators on...
Dec 18, 20232 min read
Research Summary: Impacts of Reduced Tillage and Rotational Diversity
Veum, K. S., Zuber, S. M., Ransom, C., Myers, R. L., Kitchen, N. R., & Anderson, S. H. (2022). Reduced tillage and rotational diversity...
Nov 20, 20232 min read
Research Summary: "A minimum suite of soil health indicators for North American agriculture"
Bagnall, D. K., Rieke, E. L., Morgan, C. L. S., Liptzin, D. L., Cappellazzi, S. B., & Honeycutt, W. (2023). A minimum suite of soil...
Oct 26, 20232 min read
New Resource: Penn State Nitrogen Mineralization Prediction Tool
Soil organic matter can supply a crop with large amounts of nitrogen (N) through a process called N mineralization, which converts N into...
Nov 16, 20223 min read
New Report Outlines Holistic Vision for Regenerative Agriculture in Virginia
Press release by Brooks Lamb, Land Protection and Access Specialist, American Farmland Trust Washington, D.C.) A new report from American...
Dec 9, 20212 min read
Resources for Managing Soil Health in Your Own Backyard
Understanding soil health and managing for healthy soils is critical no matter what size your lawn, yard, or garden. Taking care of your...
Aug 10, 20211 min read
It's not too early to start planning for cover crop planting!
The following piece was written by Dr. Michael Flessner. Dr. Flessner is an Assistant Professor in the School of Plant and Environmental...