Soil quality research is the study of the characteristics, composition, and health of a soil sample and how these factors impact the soil's ability to perform it's intended function. Lesson 1 provides ...

Following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March 2011, the Japanese authorities decided to carry out major decontamination works in the affected area, which covers more than 9,000 ...

Throughout human history, our relationship with the soil has affected our ability to cultivate crops and influenced the success of civilizations. This relationship between humans, the earth, and food ...

The research process above is taught in SQIQ's project-based learning curriculum. SQIQ Lesson 3 introduces the final soil quality research projects. The purpose of this module is to get the students ...

A COURSE of lessons on soil provides an essential sequence to the formation of school gardens if it is desired to make the best use of the latter. Teachers contemplating such a course are strongly ...

What do you think soil has to do with your health? The Rodale Institute is hosting an upcoming conference to explore this question. It will bring healthcare providers and farmers together to examine ...

On a recent October afternoon, parents of third-graders at Spann Elementary School may have been momentarily taken aback upon hearing what their children did at school that day. Students at Spann have ...

MELROSE — Jodi DeJong-Hughes scraped and picked at soil with her knife Thursday as she walked through a pit in a corn field at Spring Water Acres farm south of Melrose. The regional extension educator ...

In the desert landscape of western Rajasthan, how communities use water has long depended on an intimate understanding of soil. Water management systems such as khadeens, bavdi, beris, tankas, johads, ...