This webinar aims to deepen understanding of how soil health is addressed in NRCS conservation plans and planning, how management and conservation plans can be used as a tool to engage landowners and producers in discussions around soil health, how leases can be utilized by non-operating landowners to encourage or incentivize practices that improve soil health, and the pros and cons of using easement deed terms and conditions to achieve conservation objectives.

This session is part of American Farmland Trust’s Soil Health Stewards Program, a national effort to engage and support agricultural land protection practitioners in promoting soil health practices with the farmers, ranchers, and others who own and manage permanently protected agricultural land. Launched in 2021, this program provides unique learning opportunities and support for staff of land conservation organizations and public farmland protection programs in different regions across the nation. Access the other trainings via AFT’s Soil Health Stewards Toolkit, linked below.

Watch:

• Mid-Atlantic (Sept 2021): Advancing Soil Health Through Agricultural Conservation Easements and Plans
• Southeast (April 2022): Advancing Soil Health Through Agricultural Conservation Easements and Plans
• Midwest (Oct 2022): Advancing Soil Health Through Agricultural Conservation Easements and Plans
• West (April 2023): Advancing Soil Health Through Agricultural Conservation Easements and Plans