Soil Health for Urban Growers

Get started on your soil health journey to get the most out of your farm or garden!

Based on the “Community Resource Guide: Sustainable Healthy Soils in Alberta” by Sukhwinder Singh, research funded in part by AREF.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:14 What affects soil health?
1:49 Land and soil management principles
1:59 Soil armor
2:20 Minimum soil disturbance
2:48 Plant Diversity
3:11 Continual live plants/roots
3:26 Livestock integration
3:59 6C practices of soil health
4:31 Compaction reduction
5:48 Conservation tillage
8:29 Continuous living plants
9:33 Cover crops
11:11 Crop and animal diversity
12:08 Compost and organic amendments
13:46 Outro

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For more information on soil health check out these resources:

Community Resource Guide: Sustainable Healthy Soils in Alberta
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Soil Health Workshop report
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