Soil Health Toolkit - FIC

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Soil Health Toolkit

Designed for farmland protection entities—land trusts and public farmland protection programs—this toolkit introduces soil health practices and offers tips on talking to producers and agricultural landowners about the benefits of soil health practice implementation. Entities are uniquely positioned to do this work and encouraging on-farm conservation, including soil health practices, can help producers achieve additional environmental outcomes. Soil health programming also offers a way to engage more agricultural landowners in the community. To undertake this work, entities can tap into existing federal and state conservation programs. This material is adapted from the Soil Health Stewards Training, offered through American Farmland Trust’s Soil Health Stewards Program.
Basics
  • Basics
  • Benefits
  • Resource Assessment Tools
  • COMET Tools
  • Engaging Producers and Landowners
  • ACEs and Management Plans
  • Technical and Financial Resources
  • Ecosystem Markets
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1. Learn about Soil Health
2. Understand Principles and Practices
3. Identify Barriers to Adoption
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1. Learn about the Case Studies
2. Use the Case Study Findings
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1. In-Field Assessment
2. Laboratory Assessment
3. Recognize and Address Resource Concerns
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1. COMET Components
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1. Build Farmer Networks
2. One-on-One Communication
3. Support Historically Underserved Producers
4. Host a Field Day
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1. Encouraging Conservation in Easements
2. Management Plans
3. Integrate Soil Health   
4. Agricultural Leases
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1. NRCS Conservation Technical Assistance
2. NRCS Financial Assistance Programs
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1. Ecosystem Markets
2. Considerations
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