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.
Regenerative Agriculture –a vital Opportunity for New Mexico
Diversify and revitalize rural economies with multiple co-benefits for ecological, human and planetary health.
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.
New Mexico Department of Agriculture to host Healthy Soil Program webinar May 21
The webinar will show the steps to take to be considered for a grant. The grants fund on-the-ground projects to improve soil health in the state.
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).