While pesticide companies claim their products are needed to feed the world’s growing ... To protect the long-term health of the soil that feeds us, the EPA must include assessing harm to soil ...

Episode 3In this episode hear:soil scientist Dr Susan Orgil explain the science of soil healthhow the microbial and chemical ...

The soil fungus Mortierella alpina has the potential ... These surface-active natural products are called malpinins and act as natural detergents. "Earlier studies had already shown that the ...

What’s more, the EPA gravely underestimates the risk of pesticides to soil health by using a species that spends its ... “Pesticide companies are continually trying to greenwash their products, ...

Kevin Auch’s dedication to soil conservation in southern Alberta was recognized recently with the Orville Yanke Achievement Award, presented at the Farming Smarter Conference and Trade Show in ...

4. Organic matter. This is a key measure of soil health and structure. Although it’s hard to make immediate changes to organic matter levels, farmers should have a long-term plan for improvement ...

Now, demand has increased so almost all of the family’s wool clip is used in production of the garden products ... about wool and how it can help soil health, the more it grows.

When European-American settlers first began ploughing in Iowa, they found the weather and local geology had combined this organic mulch with sand and silt to form a nutrient-rich type of soil ...

People living along the border between Finland and Russia are yielding valuable data that could shed light on people’s relationship with nature—particularly when it comes to the link between ...

Science-based decision making related to sustainable natural resource use, agricultural productivity, and human health requires accurate, spatially and temporally resolved measurements of soil and ...