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
Below the Surface –Art about Soil Ecology
New Mexico artist Kelly Eckel sees soil as an under-appreciated ecosystem. Her intricate Photopolymer etchings of soil creatures, plants and fungi are bound to change that. READ MORE
Join the New Mexico Cover Crop Seed Collective!
Are you interested in growing out cover crops for seed? Whether you are new to seed saving or an experienced grower, have just a little bit of space or a lot –everyone is... READ MORE
Soil health can provide solutions to climate change –but farmers need the resources to implement it.
Help garner federal support for soil health. READ MORE
STEWARDSHIP
In order to meet the demands of living in a climate-changed world we must reconnect to it deeply. We can start by honoring our soils. READ MORE
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
