★ SOIL HEALTH = TRUE WEALTH ★
While we must work collectively towards a more equitable and beneficial food system, there are concrete steps you can do today to place soil health at the center of your business and gain greater financial stability.
How carbon-smart farming can feed us and fight climate change at the same time
Because of its massive potential to store carbon and foundational role in growing our food supply, soil makes farming a solution for both climate change and food security.
Planning for Soil Health
Learn about developing a simple conservation plan to meet the requirements of NMDA if awarded a Healthy Soil Program grant. Regardless of whether or not you applied for a grant, a conservation plan will be beneficial to you and you’re welcome to participate in this free workshop!
Investing in recovery and resilience of New Mexico’s food systems
A public bank can help our food economy expand and thrive. Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity explains how it works.
Healthy Soil: Our Future
Happy National Soil Health Day! We’re celebrating with the release of a short video, featuring New Mexico ranchers sharing the principles & benefits of planned grazing for greater soil health.
New Mexico could gain economically by building soil health and feeding its own people.
Report prompts policy recommendations by the Healthy Soil Working Group.
Soil health pioneer George Washington Carver
Carver recognized soil health as essential to alleviate poverty and debt of African American farmers and establish independence. His work is fundamental to regenerative agriculture as we know it today.
Four decades of no-till study proves nature knows best
At Rogers Memorial Farm, NE, the benefits of long-term no-till practices are manifold. No-till plots have been shown to build soil structure, usually have the highest yields and are the most profitable.
Remember Your Farmers During the COVID Crisis
The COVID-19 crisis could be the nail in the coffin for already struggling farms at a time when local food systems and healthy food is more important to resilient communities than ever before.
The State of Regenerative Agriculture
By The Regenerative Agriculture Initiative team at Center for Business and the Environment: Regenerative agriculture is a holistic system of practices and principles that seek to improve, not degrade natural resources…