How can potato growers maximize productivity when conditions are less than ideal? Join Spud Smart Thursday, May 16 at 1 p.m. EDT for the roundtable webinar “Tackling Moisture When It’s Too Much/Too Little/Too Late.” SHI Soil Health Educator Cameron Ogilvie will share insights on building resilience in potato production by improving soil health. Registration is free. https://lnkd.in/ebCEdg4g
Soil Health Institute
Non-profit Organizations
Morrisville, North Carolina 19,741 followers
Enriching Soil, Enhancing Life
About us
The Soil Health Institute is a global non-profit with a mission of safeguarding and enhancing the vitality and productivity of soils through scientific research and advancement. Our vision is a world where farmers and ranchers grow quality food, fiber, and fuel using soil health systems that sustain farms and rural communities, promote a stable climate and clean environment, and improve human health and well-being. By bringing together leaders in science and industry, SHI empowers farmers and landowners to adopt soil health systems that contribute economic and environmental benefits to agriculture and society.
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http://soilhealthinstitute.org
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Morrisville, North Carolina
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- Nonprofit
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- 2015
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- Soil health, water, economics, agriculture, environment, natural resources, nonprofit, and Soil science
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Suite 115
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560, US
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SHI President and CEO Wayne Honeycutt, Ph.D. co-facilitated a session on Metrics for Assessing Regenerative Agriculture at the recent TSC Summit.
What an incredible and inspiring few days we had with our members and partners at our annual TSC Summit this week! 🎉 We are so grateful to work with such an amazing network of sustainability professionals who are working toward a brighter and greener future. 🌎
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Our peer-reviewed article “Selecting soil hydraulic properties as indicators of soil health: Measurement response to management and site characteristics” is one of the 10 most-cited articles published in ASA, CSSA, SSSA’s Soil Science Society of America Journal. The study evaluated over 30 soil health measurements at 124 long-term agricultural research sites across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, comparing physical soil health measurements to determine which are most useful for characterizing the water cycle in soils. Read more: https://zurl.co/qMUa
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Several U.S. Regenerative Cotton Fund staff recently attended a soil health workshop organized by the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts, with support from SHI, at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Center at Texas A&M University-Kingsville in Kingsville, Texas. The two-day event consisted of field tours to local farms and ranches, a demonstration of the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s rainfall simulator, presentations, and a Q&A session with local researchers, farmers, and ranchers. Soil Health Educator Emily Ball spoke about SHI’s soil sampling work in Texas and other projects throughout the country. Read more about the field day: https://zurl.co/tGpo Learn more about our work in cotton: https://zurl.co/mYdN #USRCFFieldDay #SoilHealth #CoverCrops
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Kate VanderZaag and her husband both have backgrounds in crop science – they know a lot about crop nutrition and pest management for growing top-quality potatoes. But a revelation changed everything: Soil is alive and complex; requiring tailored care in each field to improve soil health every year. Now, their passion lies in safeguarding this vital resource to keep growing potatoes for generations to come. The Soil Health Institute thanks McCain Foods for the financial support that made this production possible. View the episode: https://zurl.co/zgQT. Learn more about soil health in potato systems at https://zurl.co/z21j and about McCain’s approach to sustainable farming at https://zurl.co/4Zok. #SoilHealth #RegenAg #potatoes
Soils and Spuds: There's no single prescription for soil health
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Our new Board of Directors assembled for the first time on April 24, with members from diverse sectors of agriculture and sustainability gathering at our North Carolina headquarters to share their guidance, perspectives, and expertise. We’re deeply grateful to continuing members Diana Jerkins, Ph.D., V. Larkin Martin, and Jason Weller; and new members James H. Baxter IV, Meredith Ellis, Devon Leahy, Marquitrice Mangham, Rob Myers, Ph.D., LaKisha Odom, Ph.D., Megan Rock, Karen A. Scanlon, Ryan Sirolli, and Andrew Smith, Ph.D. Together, they will shape SHI’s next phase of enhancing life by enriching soil.
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American Farmland Trust is seeking farmers and farm advisors with experience implementing soil health practices for its 2024/2025 Advanced Soil Health Training program. Applications are open now. Details below!
American Farmland Trust invites farmers and farm advisors working in corn, soy, wheat, cotton, and dairy systems to apply for the opportunity to attend AFT’s Advanced Soil Health Training. This one-year training course is made up of four two-day in-person training sessions in the Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, New York, and New England. This is a unique opportunity to work directly with high-level soil health experts and build relationships with leaders in soil health and agriculture in your region. Participants can expect to strengthen their skills in 4 core areas: 1. The science of soil health. 2. Soil health practices in the field including cover crop management, no-till/strip-till/mulch-till and others. 3. How to troubleshoot and adapt management to a variety of regionally relevant conditions. 4. How to effectively communicate about practice adoption and grow a supportive and engaged network. ℹ AFT is offering this Advanced Soil Health Training under the Scaling Mechanisms for Agriculture’s Regenerative Transformation (SMART) grant, a part of the USDA’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities program.
American Farmland Trust Launches Advanced Soil Health Training for Influencers
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Farmers, conservationists, and local ag retailers heard presentations on cover crop water use and the importance of mitigating pesticide movement at a recent U.S. Regenerative Cotton Fund field day co-hosted at the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ Southeast Georgia Research and Education Center in Midville, Georgia. Attendees watched a drone seed cover crops and SHI Soil Health Educator David Lamm demonstrated the Slakes app. Read more about the field day: https://zurl.co/OWQ0 Learn more about our work in cotton: https://zurl.co/onMa Learn about our Slakes app: https://zurl.co/fTXI #USRCFFieldDay #SoilHealth #CoverCrops
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RFP alert! We’re looking for laboratory proposals to analyze samples from Pacific Northwest potato regions for plant pathogens – including plant-parasitic nematode population counts from soil via wet-sieving and sugar centrifugation, and measuring Verticillium dahliae via plate counts. Proposal review begins May 10. Full details: https://lnkd.in/erq758Nk
Soil_Analysis_RFP_2024_pathogens.pdf
soilhealthinstitute.org
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James “Jay” H. Baxter IV is a fourth-generation farmer in Georgetown, Delaware. A Soil Health Champion for The National Association of Conservation Districts, he collaborates with the Sussex Conservation District on conservation planning and best management practices. We are pleased to welcome him to SHI’s Board of Directors!
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