This webinar is part of American Farmland Trust’s Soil Health Stewards Virtual Training held for entities in Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania on September 8, 9, & 10, 2021. The purpose of this session is to strengthen participant connections with the network of resource providers in the state; 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.

Presenters include:

• Dan Ludwig, State Resource Conservationist, PA NRCS State Office
• Susan Marquart, Assistant State Conservationist for Partnerships, RCPP Coordinator, PA NRCS State Office
• Andrea Reiner, Agricultural Program Coordinator, PA Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Farmland Preservation
• Scott Heckman, Assistant State Conservationist for Partnerships, RCPP Coordinator, PA NRCS State Office
• Ryan Cornelis, Assistant State Conservationist for Partnerships, PA NRCS Office
• Hathaway Jones, Management Analyst, PA NRCS State Office
• Doug Wolfgang, Director, PA Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Farmland Preservation
• Karl Brown, Executive Director, PA State Conservation Commission
• Lisa Blazure, Soil Health Coordinator, Soil Health Coalition