Addresses the importance of managing soils so they are sustainable for future generations.
American Farmland Trust (AFT) has developed a series of two-page guides highlighting the economic costs and benefits of adopting soil health practices for farmers. Soil health practices such as no-til...
Farmers in Lancaster and York counties have requested assistance from CWQE to help them better understand local stormwater management requirements for the addition of high tunnels — temporary hooped s...
This 26-page booklet covers 14 management principles and techniques to improve soil health. An easy read, the booklet discusses soil health, cover cropping, and the management of nutrients, manure, pe...
To encourage cover crop planting, state and federal conservation programs offer financial assistance to help with cover crop implementation. This article provides a comparison of these programs and se...
Soil Health Stewardship provides a guide for farmers that dives into soil evaluation and best management practices (BMPs) to maintain or improve soil health. Provides a clear plan for how to evaluate ...
The Soil Health Benchmark Study was developed and administered by PASA Sustainable Agriculture to help farmers evaluate and monitor soil challenges and strengths within their fields. The study was st...
The Pennsylvania Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) report entitled Water Farming: Managing Agricultural Lands for Safe and Clean Water discusses how agriculture has the potential to degrade or protect ou...