Slide 1SOIL AND WATER QUALITY MONITORING TECHINIQUES Ramesh Kanwar Professor and Chair, Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering Department Iowa State University, Ames,…

1. Tom Akin, State Resource Conservationist USDA NRCS, Amherst, MA [email protected] 2. 1. Keep the soil covered; 2. Keep a living root in the soil year round; 3. Minimize…

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Slide 1 Chapter 3 Egypt Slide 2 The Natural Environment Valley of 4000 mile long Nile River Benevolent river, floods regularly, deposits silt to renew soil Year-long growing…

Environmental Aspects of Food Production page 13.0 Review: pH scale and 3 soil types http://wsd-science9.wikispaces.com pH Use the pink card for acid and the blue card for…

Organic Gardening Organic Gardening Rodale’s The organic gardener’s bible http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/ National Organic Program Developed national organic standards…

How Do Soils Form? Stop treating your soil like DIRT! Soil is a much more complex living thing than most people realize. All the mineral soil on earth today ultimately came…

Crop Rotation The practice of planting different vegetables in different places in the garden each year. Best Practice: 4 Year Rotation Rotate plant families to different…