Profiles in Land Management
New website demonstrating the benefits of regenerative grazing includes case study of Santa Ana Pueblo.
WWW.REGENERATIVERANCHING.ORG
Soil Health Academy returns to New Mexico
Feb. 11-13, 2020: Regenerative ag school offers soil, profit-improving opportunities for irrigated orchard, vegetable crop producers
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.
Turning Soils into Sponges: Mitigating Drought and Reducing Flooding
Soil science is making great strides in understanding the ecology of the soil and it’s influence on the water cycle and the atmosphere.
Three opportunities for developing more surface and ground water resources for New Mexico through improved soil health
Wind-blown dust caused by poor soil management is darkening snow…
Restoring the Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands
Produced by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies this video shows the importance of whole ecosystem thinking to improve landscape productivity and enhance grasslands for wildlife.
Join New Mexico’s emerging Soil Health Champions Network
The National Association of Conservation Districts’ (NACD) Soil Health Champions Network began in 2015 through an effort to promote soil health education and outreach among America’s farmers, ranchers and forestland owners. Today, the Network in New Mexico is comprised of … Continued
Soil Health Assessment
To improve our understanding and ability to influence the soil’s response to changes in human management, we need to move beyond the current soil chemical approach to a more complex view of the interactions between soil physical, chemical, and biological … Continued
Getting back to the land
BY THERESA DAVIS / ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL September 18th, 2019 Casey Holland and Ian Colburn love digging in the dirt, even in the middle of the Albuquerque area. The pair manage Chispas Farm, a 4-acre operation in Bernalillo County’s South Valley. Chickens … Continued
Consensus building
100% agreement to do the right thing, measured by behavior, not words. The NM Healthy Soil Working Group is committed to operate in a bipartisan and consensus-oriented way. In partnership, we aim to achieve rapid adoption of healthy soil principles … Continued