In this episode, Nina Prater, a soil specialist with NCAT's ATTRA sustainable agriculture program, sits down for a conversation with NCAT Southeast Regional Director Margo Hale to talk about the basics of soil health and to go over the five soil health principles that farmers and ranchers can follow to regenerate soil to a healthy, productive condition. Margo is a livestock specialist, and she earned two degrees in Animal Science without a single soil class. Nina tries to remedy this around the office on a regular basis, so they decided to record one of these conversations. Margo and Nina both work out of NCAT's regional office in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
For more information on this topic, you can contact Nina Prater directly at ninap@ncat.org and Margo Hale at margoh@ncat.org.
Related ATTRA Resources:
Soil Health and Regenerative Agriculture Podcast
Building Healthy Pasture Soils
Integrating Livestock and Crops: Improving Soil, Solving Problems, Increasing Income
Soil Health Tutorial
How to Add Compost on Your Small Farm
Other Resources
SARE: Building Soil for Better Crops
Please call ATTRA with any and all of your sustainable agriculture questions at 1-800-346-9140 or e-mail us at askanag@ncat.org. Our two dozen specialists can help you with a vast array of topics, everything from farm planning to pest management, from produce to livestock, and soils to aquaculture.
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
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Keep up with NCAT/ATTRA's SIFT farm at its website.
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Southwest Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Western Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Rocky Mountain West Regional Office: Facebook
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Northeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook
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