NM Healthy Soil Working Group
The NM Healthy Soil Working Group is assembling a powerful network of agriculture and conservation organizations, urban and rural residents, consumers and producers alike, with the goal to significantly accelerate soil health stewardship in the state. We aim to catalyze widespread adoption of management principles that result in greater soil health and associated co-benefits, creating prosperous and strong land based communities, nutritious food, a healthy environment and a viable future for our planet.
NM Healthy Soil Blog
Biochar… a win/win/win opportunity?
Consider these easy methods to make biochar from tree slash –for the benefit of soil health, climate and community! READ MORE
Rio Grande Grain Is Reviving New Mexico’s Local Grain Economy
Returning to our roots and learning how to grow locally-adapted, climate-resilient, soil-supporting grain crops for our future. READ MORE
New report examines socio-economic benefits of soil health for New Mexico farms and ranches
Report charts millennia old traditions and new strategies, analyses soil health benefits and samples on-farm measurements used to track progress. READ MORE
Keep Soil Covered
Here in New Mexico, maximizing soil cover is one of the most important steps toward achieving a healthy soil. Part one in our mini-series on the soil health principles by NM State Agronomist... READ MORE
Minimizing Disturbance
Agriculture itself is sometimes referred to as “disturbance ecology,” because to grow most of our food and fiber crops, we need to alter the natural soil environment through disturbance of some sort. Learn... READ MORE
Maximizing Living Roots
Join NM State Agronomist Mark Kopecky in learning about the amazing interactions between roots that are actually growing and soil organisms! READ MORE
Maximizing Biodiversity
We know that there are more living organisms in a single spoonful of soil than there are people on earth, and we’re learning more all the time about how important these organisms are... READ MORE
Integrating Animals
Grazing results in ecological benefits beyond what’s possible without livestock, and it’s also an important economic component to soil health systems for all ranchers and many farmers. READ MORE
