Traditional ways of fostering soil health have never completely gone away and are on the upswing. According to recent United States Department of Agriculture data, about 37% of U.S. cropland is ...

One hundred years after the Dust Bowl blew away topsoil from nearly 200 million acres of American farmland, farmers and ranchers are slowly entering into a new relationship with the soils beneath ...

Growing research points to soil health as a fundamental building block of our well-being. When it comes to taking care of our health, we often focus on diet, exercise, sleep, among other lifestyle ...

Black soil covering white snow in ditches during the winter and clouds of dirt swirling across fields, farms and roads are stark evidence that erosion is a major threat to soil health. Despite a “Wake ...

Biochar is often overlooked as a soil amendment, but it’s incredibly beneficial for plants and gardens, and it’s easy to make ...

Pasture cropping as a land management practice can pay off for producers on lands where environmental conditions are ...

Recent research highlights both the environmental costs of current agricultural practices and potential solutions to restore soil health and curb climate emissions. Studies from Brazil, the U.S., and ...

What has the term soil health come to mean? Soil health is really about how well the soil is functioning compared to how well it could function. Some of those functions include cycling water, cycling ...

AMHERST — With funding from the Massachusetts Legislature and Department of Agricultural Resources, farmers can now receive limited free access to soil and plant diagnostics through the UMass ...

At the heart of the launch is a national educational mission: teaching gardeners that soil is not just “dirt”—it is a living ...

Hawaii lawmakers are lining up behind Senate Bill 2110, a proposal that would turn a short‑term Carbon Smart pilot into a ...