Unlocking the key: Soil CO2 respiration and field conditions

Unlocking the key: Soil CO2 respiration and field conditions

Interesting and potentially very valuable relationships between CO2 respiration and soil conditions have recently been revealed in a soil monitoring project using the Solvita basal CO2 test.  At the Woods End Farm, staff take a soil sample each week and perform...
Soil CO2 Respiration: It’s More than Soil Health

Soil CO2 Respiration: It’s More than Soil Health

Soil CO2 respiration should be center-stage in the emerging Soil Health discussion, according to Brinton who addressed a recent Soil Renaissance gathering in Oklahoma City. He showed early data from the Swedish soil ecologist Lundegårdh who first quantified plant CO2...
Pilgrimage for Soil Quality on Spain’s El Camino Trail

Pilgrimage for Soil Quality on Spain’s El Camino Trail

The “El Camino de Santiago” trail is known to adventurers and Christian pilgrims who traverse this path from France into north-western Spain. Along the way, one experiences the striking, semi-arid Castile y León region farmed to wheat & barley for the...