Agriculture in the city: growing healthy soils for healthy communities
A new collaborative New York City-based project on improving urban soils has been awarded grant funding from Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS).
Genesee River demonstration farms network launches
American Farmland Trust and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service announced the launch of the Genesee River Demonstration Farms Network.
Interview with Kirsten Kurtz, “the soil scientist and artist who paints with dirt”
Short interview with artist and Cornell Soil Health Lab manager Kirsten Kurtz by Yale Climate Connections. Link to audio and story.Cornell to lead soil health conversation at Empire Farm Days
New York Soil Health worked with Empire Farm Days organizers to promote soil health at the 2019 event.
Workshop fuels discussion about biochar, NYS climate goals
Cornell professor and New York Soil Health collaborator Johannes Lehmann organized a workshop on the Cornell campus with researchers, policymakers and industry representatives to discuss how using pyrolysis technology can help New York reach its climate goals.
New York Passes Climate Act, Implications for Agriculture
The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, legislation that sets the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 85 percent by 2050, was signed on July 18, 2019, by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.