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Urban Farming Soil Life Short Course Videos

The Xerces Society's Urban Farming Soil Life Short Course taught urban farmers and agricultural educators who speak English or Spanish about the organisms that contribute to soil health, farm productivity, and food safety. Through a series of six comprehensive short courses and a companion pocket guide—also offered in both English and Spanish—educators and farmers learned […]

Pocket ID Guide to Invertebrates of Urban Soils

About 25% of all known organisms on the planet are animals that live in the soil through all or a portion of their lives. The majority of these animals are invertebrates that interact with microbes, plants, and each other, forming the life of healthy soils. The invertebrate animals featured in this guide are large enough […]

Groundwork: A Missouri Farm Family’s Transition to Regenerative Practices

Nieder Farms in Krakow, Missouri, has been operated by the Nieder family since it was founded in the 1870s, raising livestock and poultry throughout its 140-year history. When fifth-generation owners Trisha Nieder and Daniel Gonzalez returned to the family farm with their two sons, the whole family realized they needed innovative ideas to tackle the […]

Resources and Case Studies for Implementing Prairie Strips Across the Midwest

Compared to other Conservation Reserve Program practices, prairie strips (CP43) offer many advantages. Prairie strips can be placed both within fields and along their edges. Planting 10% of fields to prairie strips can reduce sediment and nutrient loss. The practice is flexible, with the option of driving on strips when needed for farm operations. And […]

Student Cooperative Start-Up Toolkit

This practical, digital toolkit was created by Ohio State University for educators and community members who are interested in building a student-led cooperative approach to an agricultural enterprise. The toolkit includes learning activities about agricultural cooperatives, sustainable agriculture, and agricultural marketing, as well as strategies and tools for developing a student-led cooperative model, an agribusiness […]

Getting Started in Agritourism Checklist

This checklist guides agritourism business owners through best management practices when hosting on-farm visitors. It was developed by Iowa State University. It includes sections on legal considerations, food regulations, visitor accommodations, farm emergency preparedness, biosecurity, pesticide safety, public play area safety, employee management and marketing practices.

Introduction to Ecological Outcomes Verification: Short-Term Monitoring

This Michigan State University course is designed to teach the foundations of short-term monitoring through the use of Ecological Outcomes Verification (EOV).  EOV is a practical and scalable soil and landscape assessment methodology that tracks outcomes in biodiversity, soil health, and ecosystem function (water cycle, mineral cycle, energy flow and community dynamics). EOV applies to […]

Rotational Grazing with Cover Crops Case Studies

Since rotational grazing of cover crops is not a common practice, to address some of the current questions from farmers in the upper Midwest, the Sand County Foundation of Wisconsin partnered with the Sauk Soil and Water Improvement Group and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to explore short-term agronomic and environmental costs and benefits of managed […]