Resource Category: Soil health

The concept of nutrient-dense food has been growing in popularity for decades, but how do we actually define and quantify it?

Get research updates from Pasa and Rodale Institute, learn about new data management tools, and find out about funding opportunities to support soil health practices on your farm.

“Tarping” or covering the soil with plastic silage tarps is becoming a popular weed management strategy for smaller scale vegetable farms.

It seems logical that healthier soil could grow healthier food. But how do we measure this and demonstrate it scientifically?

Urban soils can pose unique challenges for growers. Learn how to identify and address your soil’s quality and health issues.

What are the soil samples, field management records, and first-hand experiences from 100+ farms telling us about soil health?

We used a whole-farm model to evaluate environmental footprints of all-grass, grass supplemented with grain, and confinement dairy production systems in the temperate climate of the northeastern U.S.

Through our Soil Health Benchmark Study, we’re discovering soil health problems farmers are facing. During this webinar, we review several common soil health challenges and explore how farmers are working to fix them.

A vegetable farmer grapples with improving soil health on her persistently wet fields.

We explore how a row crop farm could utilize cover crops to remediate the damaging effects wet weather has had on its soil aggregate stability.

A farmer considers how he can improve efficiency—and therefore profit—on his third-generation pastured livestock farm.

During this webinar, we’ll explain how you can participate in our Soil Health Benchmark Study, which will help you not only implement more sustainable soil management techniques but also maximize yields and profits.

They say “What gets measured, gets managed.” Given that there is a lot to manage on a working farm, effective record-keeping tools are essential to the success of any farm business.

Can soil health influence the nutritional value of produce?

Farmers collaborate to troubleshoot stagnant organic matter levels.

Excessive phosphorus has negative consequences for crop yields and the environment.

Learn about our Soil Health Benchmark Study and how you can participate.