You’re almost ready. You’ve removed dense and compacted soil layers, balanced fertility and pH through the profile and set up your soil for vertical farming. That’s how you’ll need to farm ...

Federal officials have said cleanup crews won’t return to remove additional layers of soil if contamination is found, nor will they bring in clean soil to add on top. “We encourage the state ...

Soils are becoming severely degraded due to a combination of intensive farming practices and natural processes. As the layer of fertile topsoil thins, it gets increasingly difficult to grow crops ...

both near the surface and in deeper soil layers, by promoting plant diversity and increasing the amount of biomass allocated to roots. Grasslands dominated by plants that depend on mycorrhizal ...

The layer of organic matter on top will also slow evaporation of moisture from the soil and keep the moisture levels more consistent during dry spells. Beneficial microscopic organisms in the soil ...