Soil Care is Climate Repair
Watch siblings Alex (12), Adrian (12) and Athena (10) explain the connection between healthy soil and climate change mitigation!
Pesticides Cause Widespread Harm to Soil Health
New study reviews pesticide impacts on soil, finds harm to soil invertebrates in 71% of cases. Herbicides and fungicides are especially detrimental to earthworms, nematodes and springtails.
New Resources on Soil Invertebrates from the Xerces Society
New handbook and webinar series focusses on the diverse, often overlooked, and yet essential major invertebrates found in temperate agricultural soils.
Make Compost, not Garbage
On this Earth Day 2021, learn how to make great compost in a small space without investing a lot of work or money. Keep it simple. Keep it inexpensive. Make it rewarding, and even fun!
Make soil!
MakeSoil is a nonprofit online platform that matches ‘Soil Makers’ (people who compost) with nearby ‘Soil Supporters’ (people who contribute scraps).
Adapting Johnson-Su Composting Bioreactors for Home Use
How to reap the benefits of the BEAM composting process in a small scale system, using food scraps from your home kitchen.
Johnson-Su Bioreactor
Dr. Johnson has been doing breakthrough work in regards to the efficacy of biologically diverse, fungal-dominated compost for carbon sequestration and improved soil health and crop yields. The composting system he devised with his wife Hui-Chun Su is called the Johnson-Su Bioreactor.
Tax Refund Donation Option for Healthy Soil Program signed into law!
Any New Mexico resident will be able to donate all or part of their income tax refund to NMDA’s Healthy Soil Program.
Ruminations on Forest Soil Health
On this Spring Equinox, learn about the importance of duff or litter for soil health and forest management to support the beneficial role of fungi!