Soil Enhancement News
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Launching Covid-19 recovery plan for UK food, farming and land use
This week, Boris Johnson is expected to give more details on the UK Government’s ten-point green recovery plan. Ahead of this, we are launching our “Grow Back Better” manifesto, a ten-point plan for a post-Covid-19 recovery. Our Grow Back Better manifesto is a new route-map setting out how recovery efforts post Covid-19 must invest in areas focus on the interconnected nature of ...
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Healthy soils are paramount in the fight against climate change
The paramount importance of healthy soils as a means to fight climate change is a key message in the UN landmark report published by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in 2019. The report was a leading force in highlighting nature’s dangerous decline and acceleration rates of extinction. However, despite its clear message that echoes ...
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Meet Marckindy, SOIL’s Composting Supervisor
A couple of months ago we sat down with Marckindy Etienne, SOIL’s Composting Supervisor, to talk about his work, his connection to SOIL, and his thoughts on the role sanitation and compost can play in Haiti’s future. Marckindy has been a part of the SOIL family since his first internship in 2012, and he’s known of SOIL for even longer through his brother, Job (SOIL’s ...
By SOIL Haiti
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Regenerative Agriculture Expands Regions
Heliae® Agriculture continues to expand as it builds its efforts on promoting regenerative agriculture and soil health to the Delmarva, Kentucky, and Carolina regions. Chris Templeton will work with distributors to implement the PhycoTerra® product line into their recommended grower applications. “We have learned how to stimulate the microbiome and improve the soil structure while ...
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Southern States Coop Partners with Heliae® Agriculture to Bring Regenerative Agriculture to their Farmer Owners
Southern States Cooperative is partnering with Heliae® Agriculture to bring innovative, new products to farmers that improve yields while enhancing soil health. Soil health is the foundation of the practice of regenerative agriculture. The selective distribution agreement announced today is a model for the future adoption of a ground-breaking approach developed by Heliae – to provide ...
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Heliae, Agricola Cerro Prieto Launch Partnership to Collaborate on Soil Health, Water Retention
The partnership follows a successful first phase of Heliae and ACP’s joint water retention trial, the largest ever undertaken Heliae Development, LLC and Agricola Cerro Prieto (ACP) today announced the launch of a new partnership to combat and reverse negative effects on crops and soil from climate change, water scarcity and distressed soil conditions. The collaboration partnership was ...
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Microbes play important role in soil’s nitrogen cycle
Under our feet, in the soil, is a wealth of microbial activity. Just like humans have different metabolisms and food choices, so do those microbes. In fact, microbes play an important role in making nutrients available to plants. A recent review paper from Xinda Lu and his team looks at different roles that various soil microbes have in soil’s nitrogen cycle. Lu is a researcher at ...
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Farmers and Nonprofits Sue Trump`s USDA Over Organic Soil-Less Loophole
Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS), along with a coalition of organic farms and stakeholders, filed a lawsuit challenging the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) decision to allow hydroponic operations to be certified organic. The lawsuit claims that hydroponic operations violate organic standards for failing to build heathy soils, and asks the Court to stop USDA from allowing ...
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Sustainable Lawn Care Brought to the Next Level
Furthering the world of customizable and sustainable lawn care nationwide, this biotech solution will drive nutrient use efficiency Rachio, Inc. is collaborating with Heliae™ Agriculture to provide a biotech liquid soil microbial food solution to assist with customizing lawn care nationwide. This collaboration will go to the next level of lawn care to drive nutrient use efficiency making ...
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US Composting Council launches corporate compost leadership group
Companies leading the US in seeking successful composting of their products, packaging and food scraps are invited to become a part of the US Composting Council’s new Corporate Compost Leadership Council, a body that will engage, support and help move forward a suite of tools and strategies to grow composting capacity in the U.S. “Composting and compost use can make a significant ...
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Star fruit could be the new “star” of Florida agriculture
It’s not just oranges that grow in Florida. Carambola, or star fruit as most in the United States call it, is gaining popularity. One researcher from Florida International University is researching how cover crops can help the sustainability of star fruit farms.“Tropical fruit production has become a prominent practice in Miami-Dade County,” says Ariel Freidenreich. “For ...
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What Effect Does The Fertilizer Granulator Machine To Agricultural Development
Before the season when crops needed fertilization, the traditional fertilizer contained a lot of chemical elements and its smell was very pungent. It has been more affected to people and crops for a long time, and the long-term use of traditional fertilizers led to the soil nutrients are severely damaged. For these reasons, our company Fusmar has developed organic fertilizer production equipment, ...
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What Effect Does The Organic Fertilizer Production Equipment To Agricultural Development
Before the season when crops needed fertilization, the traditional fertilizer contained a lot of chemical elements and its smell was very pungent. It has been more affected to people and crops for a long time, and the long-term use of traditional fertilizers led to the soil nutrients are severely damaged. For these reasons, our company Fusmar has developed organic fertilizer production equipment, ...
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New PED Talks Video Series Digs into Soil Health
A series of 10-to-15-minute, science-centered “PED Talks” on soil health has been posted on YouTube. Soil peds are aggregated particles of sand, silt, clay, and organic matter. Like their namesake, PED Talks combine soil-related topics including explanations of soil health, how we can improve it, and the progress that’s being made to ensure we have the healthy soils necessary to ...
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How To Work Of The Fertilizer Mixer Machine
Fertilizer mixer machine is an organic fertilizer making machinery equipment that uses mechanical force and gravity made two or more materials mixing evenly. During mixing, the contact surface area of materials can increase to promote the chemical reaction. It also speeds up physical changes. Fertilizer is a type of substance that provides one or more essential nutrients for plants, improves soil ...
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Organic Fertilizer Production Line Introduction
With the rapid development of the livestock and poultry industry, a large amount of manure and sewage are generated. The harmful elements in these manures are seriously exceeded. It is difficult to treat them in the traditional returning method. In response to this situation, people have developed an organic fertilizer production line that integrates high-efficiency mixers, turning machines, ...
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Soil Health Films Document Conservation Work of Southwestern Farmers and Conservationists
The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) has released two short films that showcase the efforts of farmers and conservationists in the San Luis Valley of Colorado to address agricultural challenges through improved soil health. “There are a lot of resources regarding soil health in the midwestern and eastern regions, but we identified an opportunity to share the unique challenges ...
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SOIL Needs a New Board Treasurer!
Are you a US licensed CPA who loves SOIL and numbers? SOIL is actively recruiting for a new volunteer board treasurer and we would love to pull from our existing web of supporters. We are looking for a licensed CPA who could commit to a minimum 2 year board position as SOIL treasurer. Board responsibilities will include a quarterly review of financial reports, 4 annual board meetings ...
By SOIL Haiti
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New EU rules on fertilisers
The EU has published new rules for placing fertilising and other products on the EU market. One of the European Commission's objectives is to encourage large scale fertiliser production from domestic organic or secondary raw materials in line with the circular economy model, by transforming waste into nutrients for crops. Driven by this, in March 2016 the European Commission presented its ...
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Trace elements, activate soil
Our company extracts small molecule fulvic acid from ore source humic acid, the content of fulvic acid is up to 40%, potassium oxide is 10%, it has full absorption, full water solubility, no flocculation, no precipitation, can be applied, drip irrigation, easy to apply. Etc. After application to crops, it has the following characteristics: Chelate trace elements and activate soil The active ...
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