This collection of resources and tools focuses on improving the health of agricultural soils. Healthy soils can benefit both on-farm productivity and environmental health. They are also critical to enabling farms and ranches to sequester carbon, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and be more resilient to increasingly intense and erratic weather conditions. These pages provide information for landowners, as well as practitioners who work with producers, including those who participated in American Farmland Trust’s Soil Health Stewards Training Program.
Soil Health
Soil Health Toolkit
Designed for agricultural land protection practitioners, this Soil Health Toolkit provides an introduction to soil health practices and guidance on how to discuss these practices with farmers and ranchers.
Learn moreRetrospective Soil Health Economic Case Study Toolkit
Designed for agricultural conservation professionals, this toolkit walks you through how to use the Retrospective Soil Health Economic Calculator (R-SHEC) Tool and how to write a case study of “soil health successful” row crop farmers and tree nut growers.
Learn morePredictive Soil Health Economic Calculator
Designed for farmers, ag advisors, and conservation planners, the Predictive Soil Health Economic Calculator (P–SHEC) tool estimates the potential long-term costs and benefits of adopting certain soil health practices.
Learn moreBiochar in Agriculture Toolkit
The Biochar in Agriculture Toolkit is a growing collection of resources and tools to help farmers, ranchers, agricultural landowners, agricultural advisors, biochar producers and policy makers understand the benefits of biochar.
Learn MoreSoil Health Stewards Training
This toolkit includes video sessions and resources from AFT’s Soil Health Stewards Training Program for agricultural land protection practitioners.
Learn moreFarmers’ Guides to Soil Health Economics
AFT’s series of two-page guides highlighting the economic costs and benefits of farmers adopting soil health practices for crop and grazing land.
Learn moreSoil Health Case Studies
These case studies analyze the costs and benefits of adopting soil health practices reported by “soil health successful” row crop farmers or almond growers.
Learn moreSoil Health for Landowners
Resources coming soon!