Burleigh County Soild Conservation District

Teaming with Soil Microbes (part 1)

January 3, 2013
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
Burleigh County Soild Conservation District, climate change, crover crops, diversity, Gabe Brown, grass, Jay Fuhrer, Kristine Nichols, Land Stewardship Project, Minnesota River, mob grazing, NRCS, rotational grazing, sedementation, soil erosion, soil health, soil microbes, soil quality, sustainable agriculture, water quality

On a crisp morning in September, North Dakota farmer Gabe Brown held two handfuls of soil and searched for signs of life—theoretically not a difficult task considering one teaspoon of humus contains…