The Soil Health and Sustainability for Field Staff Training was designed by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil Health Division under direction of Bianca Moebius-Clune prior to her arrival at American Farmland Trust. That work was done in collaboration with others across NRCS and partners to provide field staff and stakeholders with an overall understanding of soil health principles and management options for rebuilding healthy high functioning soils. It was built as the certification course for NRCS to meet Conservation Planning Certification Requirements. Participants learn to evaluate soil health, gain an understanding of in field soil health indicators and their relationship to on- and off-farm effects of management, and to communicate soil health concerns and opportunities to farmers, employees, and partners through conservation technical assistance and planning that complies with national policy and beyond. Participants learn to apply soil health and sustainability principles and conservation technology holistically to design soil health management systems that supply resilient, safe, healthy and abundant food and fiber and sustain ecosystem functions on agricultural lands.
Media
Soil Health and Sustainability for Field Staff Training
Author / Presenter
Barry Fisher, Brandon Smith, Candy Thomas, Candiss Williams, Carl Koch, Elizabeth Marks, David Doctorian, David Lamm, Dennis Chessman, Doug Peterson, Elizabeth Marks, Jennifer Moore, Jim Hoorman, Joe Williams, Josh Beniston, Justin Morris, Karl Anderson, Laura Starr, Marlon Winger, Mark Kopecky, Matthew Denton, Nathan Lowder, Nick Sirovatka, Paul Salon, Rudy Garcia, Stan Bolz, Stephanie McClain, William Durham, Zahangir Kabir, Bianca Moebius-Clune
Date published
September 29, 2025
Publisher / Host
Washington D.C.: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Media Type
Videos
State
National


