Soil Health Training Course
Learn About Soils
The Franklin County Natural Resources Conservation District worked with a team of advisors from UVM Extension, USDA-NRCS, Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets, American Farmland Trust, and others, to create a soil health training course for technical assistance providers. The overarching goal of the training was to better prepare technical assistance providers for the assistance they will be providing to farmers, forest owners, and other land stewards in their roles with Natural Resources Conservation Districts, state and federal agencies, watershed groups, non profit organizations, and other related groups. This course was created to be directly applicable to the landscapes and land stewards in VT and the Lake Champlain Basin in NY.
HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?
Sign up for the Training Course has closed as of December 1, 2023. However, you can access the videos from the training on our YouTube Channel linked below. You can also access all resources by creating a free account and enrolling in this course on Campus.
WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR?
This training is for anyone who works with land stewards (including farmers, foresters, residential lands, etc.) to provide technical assistance related to land and soil management. It is aimed at providers in Vermont and the Lake Champlain Basin portion of New York. The goals are for providers to develop their understandings of the current science around soil health, management practices that support soil health (historic, current, and cutting-edge), and site-specific considerations when working with land stewards.
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WHAT WILL I LEARN?
What is soil health, and how do we know if soils are healthy? How do we manage for soil health in our contexts? this will include: Principles of Soil Health and Ecosystem Services, Soil Structure and Chemistry, the Living Soil, Soil Health Assessment Toolbox, Organic Matter and Composts, Cover Crops and Diversifying Cropping Systems, Minimizing Tillage, Livestock Integration and Agroforestry, Managing for Water and Soil Structure, Integrated Pest Management, Soil Health Management Planning, Soil Health Economics and Funding​
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STAY TUNED!
The Franklin County NRCD and partners are working on future plans for the Soil Health Training Program. Stay tuned for more opportunities to learn and build the social mycelium!
Sign up for updates by emailing: info@FranklinCountyNRCD.org
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QUESTIONS?
Please contact us at info@FranklinCountyNRCD.org.
This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) under assistance agreement (LC-00A00981-0) to NEIWPCC in partnership with the Lake Champlain Basin Program. NEIWPCC manages LCBP's personnel, contract, grant, and budget tasks and provides input on the program's activities through a partnership with the LCBP. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of NEIWPCC, the LCBP, or the U.S. EPA, nor does the NEIWPCC, the LCBP or the U.S. EPA endorse trade names or recommend the use of commercial products mentioned in this document.
