Soil Health is…
- Holistic. Soil health considers chemical, physical, and biological properties, which are interrelated and equally important.
- Feeding the soil, not the plant. Sustainable agricultural practices harness biological processes to maintain and improve soil health for multiple seasons.
- Good Stewardship. Healthy soils perform essential ecosystem services – some of which we are only beginning to understand.
- Cost-Effective. Long term improvements in water management, nutrient cycles, and soil food webs can minimize inputs and maximize productivity.
Soil health is critical for many areas of agronomy, horticulture, and natural resources, with ties to entomology, plant pathology, engineering, chemistry, and many other disciplines. This site focuses primarily on soils as a growing medium.
Soil health experts at The Ohio State University will address your question(s).