Intensive food production systems have used too much land, too much water, too much fertilizer and too much soil carbon, he ...

Soil nitrogen mineralization (N min) is a key process that converts organic N into mineral N that controls soil N availability to plants. However, regional assessments of soil N min in cropland and ...

Agricultural and consumer economics professor Madhu Khanna and her colleagues propose policies that would reward farmers for ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 9, 2024) A study in the journal Biology and Fertility of Soils has confirmed once again that organic agriculture contributes significantly to soil health, improving ...

Intensive agriculture feeds billions, but it comes at a cost: soil degradation, biodiversity loss, and collapsing landscapes.

(Beyond Pesticides, May 14, 2025) Research by the Rodale Institute, Ohio State University, and Tennessee State University, published in Soil Science of America Journal, documents that organic grain ...

Soil provides the food we eat, the clean water we drink, and the stable land we build upon – yet national stock takes suggest ...

MEPs on Thursday gave the green light to the EU’s first-ever law on soil health, despite pressure from Germany to block it.