Cornell Soil Health Lab celebrated #WorldSoilDay with some beautiful soil art painting examples:
Happy World Soil Day! Art of Horticulture students dug painting with soil this week-check out a few of our favorites! #WorldSoilDay #SoilHealth pic.twitter.com/JGSax0YrxK
— Cornell Soil Health (@soilhealth1) December 5, 2019
Gone With the Wind: How to Lose a Lifetime of Soil Health
Researcher Dave Franzen shares a cautionary tale about North Dakota soil: “People can’t believe how much soil we once had in this state. The really rich stuff is long gone and some farmers never realize that.”
What America Lost When It Lost the Bison
“In areas where bison graze, plants contain 50 to 90 percent more nutrients by the end of the summer. This not only provides extra nourishment for other grazers, but prolongs the growing season of the plants themselves.”