NM Healthy Soil Working Group
The NM Healthy Soil Working Group is assembling a powerful network of agriculture and conservation organizations, urban and rural residents, consumers and producers alike, with the goal to significantly accelerate soil health stewardship in the state. We aim to catalyze widespread adoption of management principles that result in greater soil health and associated co-benefits, creating prosperous and strong land based communities, nutritious food, a healthy environment and a viable future for our planet.
NM Healthy Soil Blog
The Benefits of Big Sacaton Grass (Sporobolus wrightii) Windbreaks for Soil Biology
Explore windbreaks as a valuable tool for building soil health and a sustainable, resilient landscape. READ MORE
The Trouble with Carbon
The enormous complexity of carbon cycling does not fit into our habits of narrow problem-solving. READ MORE
Leave the Leaves!
The best way to reduce greenhouse gases and benefit your garden is to leave the leaves as a natural mulch that protects pollinators and the micro-organisms in the soil. READ MORE
Growing the Soil of Southern New Mexico
Through reduced tillage, livestock grazing, cover cropping, and soil inoculants, Rio Gro proves the efficacy and benefits of regenerative agriculture. READ MORE
Beyond Scarcity
Lesli Allison argues that we need a unified vision for the West centered not on scarcity but on restored vitality. READ MORE
Soil Building with Swales
A transformative low tech tool for land care, swales also offer a great opportunity to host a field day. READ MORE
