This webinar aims to strengthen participant connections with the network of resource providers in the state of Ohio; deepen understanding of available technical and financial resources available to landowners and producers to improve soil health and how to access those resources; identify strategies with key resource providers to address barriers and expand adoption of soil health practices on permanently protected farmland.
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.
Presenters include:
- Amalie Lipstreu, Policy Director, Ohio Ecologic Food and Farm Association
- Kip Studer, WLEB Nutrient Management Specialist, OH Department of Agriculture
- Barb Baker, Assistant State Conservationist – Natural Resources, OH NRCS
- Carrie Cusick, Acting Assistant State Conservationist – Programs, OH NRCS
- Eric Schwab, Acting State Resource Conservationist, OH NRCS
- Jeff Giesige, District Technician, Putnam County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Steve Baker, State Soil Scientist, OH NRCS
