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The soil on Kenneth Jensen's farm is a perfect example of healthy, high-performing microbiology. It's full of tiny, round Soils provide a wide variety of ecosystem services, including regulating carbon through sequestration and providing a structure to support crop plants. Erosion of soil, the primary source for soil particles to leave agricultural fields, may increase in certain areas of the U.S. due to climate change. Some areas of the country will experience less rainfall, causing soils to dry out. Combined with higher winds, this may lead to higher rates of wind erosion. Other areas may experience more intensive rainstorms, which can increase erosion rates by washing out stream banks, for example. Other factors affecting soil erosion that may increase or decrease due to climate change include changing irrigation needs, snowmelt patterns, soil erodibility, conservation practices, and topography.




  • Digging into Biochar

    Biochar can be incorporated into the soil by surface spreading and tilling, no-till drill, or placed in trenches when trees are planted as was done at this farm.

    Biochar has been gaining popularity in the Northeast over the last few years as a soil amendment in crop fields and…

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