Healthy Soils Week 2024: How Sustainable Conservation Leverages Circularity for Soil Health and Water Security
Celebrate circularity for Healthy Soils Week 2024 with Sustainable Conservation!
Tag Archives: Soil Health
Welcome (Back) Modibo Keita!
We’re thrilled to welcome back Modibo Keita (he/him), who was previously with the Sustainable Conservation team as a GrizzlyCorps Fellow for 2 years before joining staff as the Central Coast Project Associate this fall.
Solutions in our Soil
John Chacon / California Department of Water Resources Sustainable Conservation recognizes that healthy soil is foundational to the state’s water system, agricultural production, and human health. Agriculture is the backbone of our state’s rural communities, food supply, and economy. However, California’s farming future and our collective health hinge on how we steward our precious water […]
Following up on May’s Cover Crop Report
This May, an authorship group of 30+ members and 15+ organizations across private, public, nonprofit, and academic sectors published a report entitled “Cover Cropping in the SGMA Era.” Coordinated by Sustainable Conservation’s Solutions in our Soil team, the report was the culmination of a convening series and months of meticulous research, interviews, and writing — […]
Multi-Disciplinary Committee Jointly Publishes Report on the Intersection of SGMA and Cover Crop Water Use in California’s Central Valley
A multi-disciplinary authorship group of over 30 individuals has published a report comprised of literature review, policy analysis, and recommendations pertaining to the water impacts of cover crop practices in California’s Central Valley under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).
A Soil Health Legacy: Recapping the 2024 Burroughs Family Farms Regenerative Almond Field Day
An almond harvester in the Burroughs Family Farms orchards in Stanislaus County A Soil Health Legacy On February 22nd, Burroughs Family Farms hosted their 3rd annual Regenerative Almond Field Day. Growers, community members, and other agriculture professionals converged on their orchards for a day of discussions, demonstrations, and community building. The bluebird Central Valley winter […]
Park Farming Organics Receives 2023 CA Leopold Conservation Award
Photo: Paolo Vescia The votes have been tallied, and thanks to our esteemed panel of judges, we’re pleased to announce that this year’s California Leopold Conservation Award recipient is Park Farming Organics. Park Farming Organics’ owners, Brian and Jamie Park, and Scott and Ulla Park, were presented with the award during the California Farm Bureau […]
Six Barriers to Expanding Soil Health Practices in CA: Sustainable Conservation Releases 2023 Soil-Water Report
Soil health has the potential to play an outsized role in conserving and protecting California’s valuable water resources, which is at the core of our work. The following report represents an analysis of the barriers preventing California’s growers from implementing soil health practices and solutions to address them.