Ten compelling and easy-to-read two-page soil health economic case studies were developed by American Farmland Trust (AFT) with support from a 2018 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) and a 2020 NRCS Agreement. AFT’s project is called “Accelerating Soil Health Adoption by Quantifying Economic and Environmental Outcomes & Overcoming Barriers on Rented Lands.” The case studies feature almond farmers in California, corn-soybean farmers in Illinois and Ohio, and diversified crop farmers in New York. The latest case study features a “soil health successful” farm family from Pennsylvania that has protected their land with an agricultural conservation easement.
Publications
Soil Health Case Studies
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Author
Justin Bodell, Brian Brandt, Emily Bruner, Paul Lum, Michelle Perez, Aaron Ristow, Florence Swartz, Ben Wiercinski, Ellen Yeatman
Publisher
Washington, DC: American Farmland Trust and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Page Numbers
2
Publication Date
July 30, 2019
Publication Type
Fact Sheets and Technical Memos
State
California, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
Keywords
Climate Change, Conservation Policies and Programs, Environmental Benefits, Soil Health


