Quick Facts: Soil Health
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- Publication
- Date of Publication
- June 5, 2025
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Overview
Publication Information
What exactly is soil health, and why does it matter?
This Quick Facts: Soil Health guide helps you understand these questions and a little deeper! This easy read introduces the concept of soil health and how physical, chemical, and biological properties all work together to support plant life.
You'll also learn about simple practices that help your soil stay healthy, resilient, and productive.
This fact sheet is part of our course Introduction to Soil HealthDigging Into Soil Properties course series.
Explore the course and more at the MyLand Hub.
Who is this for?
- Anyone curious about soil science
- Growers /Gardeners
- Agronomists
- Teachers
What You'll Learn
- What defines healthy soil and why it matters
- How different soil properties interact
- Easy strategies to support soil health on any scale
Download your free copy today and start improving your soil health now!
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