These training materials will help you design Soil Health Management Systems to make soil better at handling extreme weather like droughts and heavy rain, allow water to soak in, keep the soil cooler, prevent evaporation or runoff, help nutrients move around, and improve how plants use water.
In-person Training Materials
Cover Crops for Soil Health - Western U.S. in-person training
This training course serves to expand the knowledge and application of cover crops as an integral part of a full soil health management system in the western United States.
Water Quality and Quantity Webinars
Improving Soil Health in Irrigated Intensive Vegetable Production
Organic Soil Health Practices for Water Management and Water Quality
Soil Health: From Properties to Function
Using Adaptive Nutrient Management to Answer "How Much Fertilizer Do You Really Need?"
Using Soil Health Practices to Improve Water Quality
Watershed-Wide Infiltration and Flood Benefits from the Fields
Training Videos
Soil Health and Sustainability for Field Staff
This is an introductory soil health course designed for those with limited or no previous soil health experience or exposure. Attendees will learn the basics of soil ecology as it relates to soil health, as well as the principles of making successful soil health management systems (SHMS). Students will also learn about the resource concerns that can be addressed by SHMS and create a mock soil health management plan. Additional topics include the social and economic aspects of managing agricultural operations for soil health.