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Jill Clapperton, a private soil health researcher and speaker, spoke about soil microbes and cover crops during a Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance meeting.

This is part 2 of our interview with Jordan Fink of Build Soil, where they're working to plant a new generation of chestnut trees in the Portland area and around the world, as a crucial piece of societal infrastructure against climate disaster in the (near) future. But to achieve that, they've worked on building a grassroots organization. What kinds of effective strategies

Timeless Seeds’s 'lentil underground' continues to grow, producing nutrient-dense specialty crops while regenerating Montana’s soils and rural communities.

One of America's finest literary talents, Leonard Feeney, S.J., rose to national prominence in the 1940s—but not for his prose or poetry.

Breathing, thats when we are getting that methane read. >> so are these stoney field cows? or whats -- whats the relationship? >> the milk from these cows comes straight to stoney field and right to our yogurt. >> always sort of at the forefront of conservation and sustainability. as i am making this hour, i am meeting a lot of people who think this is no such thing as sustainable dairy. what do you say to that? >> well, first of all, look around, right? these cows are doing a service that we co...

Images of the hidden world of plants: Collection reveals how their root systems fuel soil health Erin Blakemore, The Washington Post Jan. 30, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Whats in a plant? Humans admire them, eat them and rely on them for oxygen release, carbon sequestration, animal habitat and more. But a plant is more than meets the eye. Beneath the soil, its root system can extend inches or even feet, spidering into the earth and fueling soil health. An archival collection of over 1,000 images...