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This site includes information on the principles and characteristics of sustainable soils as well as management steps to improve soil quality.
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This USDA Soil Quality - Agronomy Technical Note describes conservation crop rotation and its long-term effects on the sustainability of cropland.
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This USDA Soil Quality - Agronomy Technical Note defines soil quality and briefly describes cover and green manure crop benefits to soil quality.
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This USDA Soil Quality - Agronomy Technical Note describes the effects of residue management and no-till on soil quality and the benefits of organic matter to soil quality.
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An excellent introduction to the importance of soil biology in farming sustainability with a worldwide perspective, the home section of this FAO site has links to news, events, documents, case studies, and more.
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This page of links is a component of NASA's Soil Science Education home page and is a great resource for primary and secondary school educators. It contains links to materials from the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program, including instructions for soil characterization protocols for lab and field, a soil characterization field guide, guides to soil moisture, pH and texture, as well as links to learning activities and other soils information.
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This information sheet from the Virginia Association for Biological Farming provides simple, easy to understand information on soil testing.
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These workshop proceedings are a compilation of papers presenting cases for why land quality information is important for sustainable development and how it can be used more effectively for planning and decision making in land management.
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This USDA Soil Quality - Agronomy Technical Note discusses potential improvements of soil quality and potential problems in conservation tillage.
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This 85-page pdf report of the National Environmetal Research Institute of Denmark - NERI reviews the current and potential use of microbial indicators for soil health and discusses specific indicators for specific questions.
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This is the summary of Australia's North East Catchment Management Authority action plan to maintain long-term production and sustainability of the land in the region while minimizing the negative impacts of poor soil management.
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This valuable list of on-line references links directly to PDF files, maps, and databases including the full text of Soil Taxonomy, Keys to Taxonomy, searchable OSDs, soil classification database, Distribution Maps of Dominant Soil Orders, International Taxonomy Committees, a soil taxonomy forum, and 'The Guy Smith Interviews: Rationale for Concepts in Soil Taxonomy'.
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An informative overview of soil conservation practices as a basis for sustainable agriculture.
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Published by WRI, this document describes the results of a PAGE (Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems) study on the condition and trends of agroecosystems soil resource conditions.
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This article by Deborah A. Neher discusses using nematode communities as bioindicators of soil health. (PDF accessible from the University of Toledo website).
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Colorado State University Extension provides facts regarding soil testing, water testing, manure testing, and plant analysis.
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A brief article providing several simple indicators to determine the condition of soils
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Una organización con el objetivo de ayudar a granjeros, agricultores y agrónomos a entender el beneficio del Manejo Sostenible de Nutrientes en Agricultura (agricultura Orgánica y Ecológica). Hacen disponible software para el manejo sostenisble de nutrientes en agricultura.
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Soil analysis articles from a number of scientific
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This resource page from the US Department of Agriculture and Nebraska University has information on the methods and tools for asessing soil health and sustainability and on evaluating management effects on soil properties.
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This is the website for the Soil Biology Research Group from the University of Western Australia. The site's primary objective is to answer common questions regarding soil biological processes, organic matter, soil organisms, and the soil management practices that affect these.
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This SustainableAg.net page contains an annotated list of links to sites with soil health information.
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This brief US Department of Agriculture document looks at past perseptions of soil health and outlines current research and management needs.
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This is the products page from the Worldwide Portal to
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A power point presentation from Ohio State University is available for viewing on this site and describes soil health and soil quality and why it is important.
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An in depth look at legumes and their role in soil health. Includes photographs of several legume species.
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This Bulletin provides an overview of soil quality and contributing factors, and also information on how farmers can enhance soil quality in an organic system. (PDF)
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Designed as an interactive resource for young students of soil science, this comprehensive NASA web site offers links to introductory-level information on a variety of soil science topics. The site also contains numerous resources for soil science educators.
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This paper answers fundamental questions about soil surveys and and soil survey types, as well as how we can use our soils surveys to provide food and fiber for present and future generations. This site also contains soil maps and soil survey reports.
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This page outlines the who, what, where, when, why and how of soil surveys.
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New Mexico State University Extension provides information on how to interpret soil tests. It provides information on how to classify pH, salinity, exchangeable sodium, organic matter, texture, and various metals.
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This on-line flow chart illustrates a procedure for measuring soil texture and identifying soil types by feel.
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This diagram of the soil texture triangle outlines the particle-size limits of different soil types.
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This Sustainable Farming Connection paper is a very brief introduction to what healthy soil is.
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An online book that reports on the health and condition of Canada's soils, and what measures have been taken to reverse soil degradation and to build the soils back up. Focuses on farming systems as the main vehicle for halting soil degradation, and maintaining or improving soil health.
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This is the homepage of TSBF, a group concerned with the health and fertility of soils in tropical agroecosystems. The site contains links to documents, news, events, products, and services.
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This Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre page provides brief definitions of the terms "soil quality" and "soil health" and a description of the differences between them.
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