Soil Health Primer
Soil Health Primer
Learn the essentials of soil health by completing these modules. Includes ungraded quizzes to check your knowledge. For optimal viewing, set the presentation to Slide Show at the start of each section.
Module 1: Introducing Soil – Understand what soil is and where it comes from, how water and air move through soil, and soil functions that underscore the need to manage this precious resource and promote soil health.
Module 1: Introducing Soil – Understand what soil is and where it comes from, how water and air move through soil, and soil functions that underscore the need to manage this precious resource and promote soil health.
Section B: Soil, Air and Water
Module 2: Soil Organisms – Learn more about the soil organisms that we are trying to protect through practices that promote soil health.
Module 2: Soil Organisms – Learn more about the soil organisms that we are trying to protect through practices that promote soil health.
Section A: Transforming Soil Organic Matter
Section D: Impact of Soil Organisms on Soil Health
Module 3: Improving Soil Health – How to evaluate soil and describe common soil problems addressed by soil health management practices.
Module 3: Improving Soil Health – How to evaluate soil and describe common soil problems addressed by soil health management practices.
Section A: Soil Health and Soil Quality Indicators
Section B Common: Soil Problems
Module 4: Module 4: Principles and Practices – Explore the principles and practices that promotes soil health for producers and grassland managers.
Module 4: Module 4: Principles and Practices – Explore the principles and practices that promotes soil health for producers and grassland managers.
The Soil Health Primer was made possible by a grant from the USDA NRCS and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.