Soil Education, Consulting, Cover Crop Seed & Equipment Sales, Grant Writing, Prairie Restoration.

Leave the leaves, skip the heavy pruning and let nature do some of the work this fall When it comes to our gardens, many of us want to get in there and do

Soil Education, Consulting, Cover Crop Seed & Equipment Sales, Grant Writing, Prairie Restoration.

India’s agricultural progress has secured food production, but climate change, weakening soil fertility and water contamination demand a broader measure of success. The question is not simply how much we grow, but how sustainably. It also means recognising that environmental damage eventually becomes an economic burden for farmers, whose livelihoods depend on reliable harvests and manageable production costs. The scale of the problem is now documented. A nationwide ICAR-led assessment, drawing on more than 2.5 lakh soil samples from over 600 districts, found soil organic carbon declining across large parts of the country’s arable land, with imbalanced fertiliser use (heavily skewed towards urea and phosphorus) and rising temperatures identified as key drivers. Low organic carbon also goes hand in hand with greater micronutrient deficiency, which means falling soil carbon quietly erodes both yield and the nutritional quality of what we grow. Soil, crop and water health are interconnected. Treating each separately obscures how damage to one undermines the others. The connection is visible on farms where depleted soils demand more irrigation, while degraded water sources make restoring soil fertility even harder. Economic face of biological decline Intensive cultivation has supported food security, but excessive chemical inputs and inefficient irrigation can...

Soil Education, Consulting, Cover Crop Seed & Equipment Sales, Grant Writing, Prairie Restoration.

Researchers identify the climate crisis and land management systems as playing critical roles in fostering healthy soil on a continental scale.

Soil Education, Consulting, Cover Crop Seed & Equipment Sales, Grant Writing, Prairie Restoration.

Healthy soils support productivity, reduce volatility, strengthen resilience and protect long-term value across farms, businesses and investment portfolios. Degraded soils undermine these crucial services. Soil is everywhere in business value chains but almost nowhere in business decision-making. Businesses can act by making soil dependencies visible, measuring outcomes, aligning commercial incentives with stewardship and investing in the transition to environmentally friendly farming. Consider your morning routine: the grain in your toast or the sugar in your coffee at breakfast, along with the cotton in the shirt you pull on under the cashmere in your sweater – they all begin in soil; yet, most businesses have little idea how much they depend on it. Soil does not ask to be noticed. Its degradation is quiet, gradual and largely invisible – until it is degraded irreversibly and gone. Today, up to 40% of the world’s land is degraded, costing the global economy an estimated $878 billion annually. The consequences reach well beyond the farm, through rising production costs, volatile supplies and prices, and growing exposure to droughts, floods and other shocks such as war among nations. Soil is foundational infrastructure and a business asset Most people understand that soil is important for agriculture...

A farmer named Masamitsu Matsuzawa, age 78, is leading a quiet but powerful revolution in agriculture. Visitors from all over the country travel to see his farm, called Fukutsu Farm, because he is pra...

Microplastics in soil can harm plant growth and soil health. Learn what causes this hidden pollution and how to reduce it naturally in your home garden.

YouTube video by Wayland Smalley (Come on Lets Plant)