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.
New Mexico Healthy Soil Blog
Groundwater, Soil Health and Land Management: A Complexity of Linkages
Understanding the aquifer systems beneath the High Plains is critical to preserve groundwater resources, improve water cycling and influence soil health. READ MORE
Deconstructing Regenerative Agriculture
A-dae Romero-Briones unpacks the term regenerative agriculture and shares opportunities for an inclusive approach that supports Indigenous communities. READ MORE
Soil Health Policy as Catalyst for Change
As we prepare for the 2021 legislative session, we would like to hear from you! The NM Healthy Soil Working Group is considering a memorial that would set a strong aspirational stewardship goal... READ MORE
The Water-Harvesting Soil-Carbon Sponge
There is a powerful, beneficial partnership between the hydrologic cycle circulating life-giving water and the carbon-based, soil-building, carbon-cycling life in the soil—known as the soil-carbon sponge. READ MORE
NMSU hosts soil health workshop series
Taking place Sept. 22-23 and Oct. 27-28, the webinars will address the importance of soil resilience to withstand drought and climate change and sustain agricultural production. READ MORE
Second round of relief payments for farmers impacted by the pandemic
Deadline December 11, 2020! USDA is accepting applications for an additional $14 billion in aid to agricultural producers. READ MORE
The Solution to Climate Change is right under our Feet
Rodale Institute's newest white paper demonstrates that regenerative agriculture is a win-win-win climate solution that’s ready for widescale implementation now. READ MORE
Cattle are part of the climate solution
A conversation with rangeland ecologist Richard Teague, PhD, analyzing the role that adaptive multi-paddock cattle grazing plays in sequestering carbon. READ MORE
