Tag Archive for: Soil Health

Episode 286. What is Biochar?

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture…
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Growing Hemp for Fiber

Hemp can be grown for many purposes, one of which is to produce…

Episode 282. She’s Raising Sheep. Montana Shepherd Maloi Lannan 

Sixteen-year-old Maloi Lannan is a passionate and knowledgeable…

High Hope Farm: Regenerative Agriculture in Action 

By Luz Ballesteros Gonzalez and Felicia Bell, NCAT Agriculture…

Soil Health for Watersheds: How Can Federal Agencies Help?

In this session of the National Center for Appropriate Technology's…

Slump Test for Assessing Aggregate Stability in Agricultural Soils

Healthy soils hold water and prevent nutrients from running off…
A former CRP field that has less soil aggregation than crop fields.

Soil Aggregation and Assessing Pasture Soil Structure with a Simple Field Test

Soil aggregate stability is a measure of how well soil particles…
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Capturing Water and Reducing Floods: Can Healthy Soils Save Society Money?

This discussion about the opportunity to maximize off-farm benefits…
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Indigenous Perspectives on Soil Health and Water

Before 1993, when Santa Clara Pueblo Indigenous scholar Gregory…
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Regenerative Practices to Reverse Desertification

In this video, Alejandro Carrillo, a keynote speaker during the…