What is the Soil Health Nexus?
The North Central Region Soil Health Nexus is a university-led team dedicated to increasing access to research-based soil health knowledge, extension and resources.
The team was created in 2015 with funding from the North Central Region Water Network. The team is structured around research, extension and outreach, and resources and communications
with representatives from all 12 North Central Region states.
Check out our Soil Health Toolbox, including our newly
developed resources for soil health on-farm research and
our newly created Soil
Health Nexus Matrix Decision-Tool!
The Soil Health Nexus is hosting a series of informal soil health webinars featuring Extension soil health experts and researchers from across the region discussing the latest soil health
research, resources, and news. The webinars will take place monthly; they will be an hour in length with 20-minute presentation, followed by 10-minutes of Q&A and then a casual 30-minute Digital Cafe where attendees can continue to discuss the topic in more
depth with Soil Health Nexus members.
This month we are combining the Soil Health Nexus Digital Café with the North Central Regional Water Network’s The
Current Webinar Series. The agronomic benefits
of improving soil health are well known, but when it comes to the specific impacts on water quality off field, many questions remain. This special edition of the Digital Café will feature three researchers sharing their research on how on-field soil health
practices affect water quality off field.
Vicki Morrone
Organic Farming Specialist and Beginning Farmer Educator
Dept of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University
+ 1-517-282-3557 (cell and What’s app)
Sorrone11 (skype)