Dig a Little, Learn a Lot - NRCS ​ Healthy Soils Are Full of Life - NRCS ​ Principals for High Functioning Soils - NRCS ​ Healthy, Productive Soils Checklist for Growers - NRCS ​ Farming in the 21st Century: a practical approach to improve soil health - NRCS ​ Carbon to Nitrogen Ratios in Cropping Systems- NRCS Total Organic Carbon - NRCS Soil Carbon - Pennsylvania Soil Health Coalition Particulate Organic Matter - NRCS Reactive Carbon - NRCS ​ Value of Soil Health - NRCS Iowa ​ Soil Health Key Points - NRCS ​ Five Questions Landowners Should Ask Their Farmers about Soil Health - NRCS ​ What is a Soil Health Management System? - NRCS Soil Respiration - NRCS Soil Enzymes - NRCS Potentially Mineralizable Nitrogen - NRCS Soil Structure and Macropores - NRCS Available Water Capacity - NRCS Aggregate Stability - NRCS

NRCS Cropland In-Field Soil Health Assessment NRCS Tech Note for cropland in-field assessment NRCS Cropland In-Field Assessment video ​ NRCS Pasture Condition Score Sheet NRCS Residue Evaluation Maryland Soil Health Assessment South Dakota Soil Health Assessment Card Soil Health Indicators - quick photo reference ​ Soil Health Indicators & Tests - NCAT ​ Estimating Soil Texture by Feel ​ Field Slump Test video Measuring Water Infiltration in Agricultural Soils video - NCAT & Stroud Center

Soil Health in Field & Forage Crop Production (Higher Quality PDF or Faster Download PDF) ​ The ABCs of Soil Health- NRCS CBF Rainfall simulator video ​ Advancing Eco Agriculture webinars Tainio Biologicals, Inc webinars ​ Web Soil Survey – Custom Soil Maps & Reports ​ Getting Started with Web Soil Survey ​ Soil Health Demo by Leroy Bupp (PA No-Till Alliance) ​ Pasa Sustainable Agriculture soil health resource page ​ Green Cover Seed - Custom cover crop mix calculator and webinars ​ Green Cover Seed Resource Website ​ No-Till Farmer Magazine free eGuides ​ Soil Health Research list compiled by Jim Hoorman ​ ACRES Healthy Soils Problem Solving Booklet ​ Optimizing Managed Grazing for Soil Health - Soil Health Institute & NRCS ​ One Good Idea website Fertilizer Salt Index Pennsylvania Beginning Farmers Resource Guide - Chesapeake Bay Foundation Overview of plant micronutrients, insect pests, and herbal oils for insect control (click on the critical topics category) - Apical Crop Science Soillife.org website

Tainio Biologicals - Natural Growing Through Biology YouTube channel (also available as audio podcasts through Spotify and Apple) Biological Pathways to Carbon Rich Soil - Christine Jones presentation Symphony of the Soil movie ​ Soil Microbes Help Save Plant Growing Input Costs (Included in the video library) ​ Beneficial Insects (Included in the video library) ​ Farming with Soil Life: A handbook for supporting soil invertebrates and soil health on farms ​ Farming with Soil Life video series ​ Soil Organisms fact sheets by Jim Hoorman ​ Understanding Soil Biology & Nutrient Recycling ​ Intro to the Soil Food Web - Urban Worm Company Fertilizer Salt Index - salts can impact the soil microbe community Soil Microbes in Organic Cropping Systems 101 - Penn State University Management of Soil Microbes on Organic Farms - Penn State University Earthworms - NRCS factsheet Biological Indicators Overview - NRCS factsheet

Cover Crop Periodic Table ​ Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) ​ Steve Groff's Resources for Successful Cover Cropping (Training Binder) ​ Northeast Cover Crop Council - Cover Crop Decision Support Tools ​ NRCS Comprehensive Guide to Cover Crop Species Used in the Northeast One Pass Only: Seeding Cover Crops While Harvesting - Ray McCormick video

Building Healthy Pasture Soils - NCAT ​ PA Grazing Lands Coalition resource webpage ​ How to Assess Soil Health on Grazing Lands Using a Shovel and a Knife - NCAT YouTube video ​ Grazing Support & Mentorship in Pennsylvania ​ PSU Integrating Grazing into Cropping Systems: Grazing Cover Crops for Soil Health ​ PSU Integrating Grazing into Cropping Systems: Cover Crop Species & Crop Rotations ​ PSU Integrating Grazing into Cropping Systems: Infrastructure ​ PSU Integrating Grazing into Cropping Systems: Livestock Class Considerations Potential to Integrate Grazing into No-Till Systems - PSU U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef

Teacher's manual for understanding soil health and watershed function ​ The Little Regenerative Farmer book ​ General agricultural information (suggested by a student named Ainsley) ​ Mighty Mini Microbe ​ The ABCs of Soil Health - NRCS ​ NRCS General Soil Education website (including soil-related lesson plans) ​ NRCS Soil Health Educators Guide website What is Dirt? - Curious Kids, University of North Dakota Healthy Soils Activity Guide - Stop Waste Soil Activity Book - Maryland Department of Agriculture Healthy Soil: Healthy Life - 2022 NACD booklets, educator guide, & activity sheet Life in the Soil: Dig Deeper - 2019 NACD booklets, educator guide, & activity sheet Healthy Soils are Full of Life! - 2017 NACD booklets, educator guide, & activities Soil is Alive! video - SciShow Kids The Soil Awakens video - Soillife.org Layers of Soil video - Peekaboo Kidz I Farm Ugly song - music and lyrics by Jon Chandler

Building Healthy Soils in Home Gardens - PA Soil Health Coalition ​ Soil Health in Raised Beds - Penn State Extension ​ How to Manage Common Weeds Without Chemicals video - by Soil Shepherds Regenerating the Home Landscape - by Soil Shepherds, ACRES magazine ​ Soil Health Academy no-till gardening blog post ​ Cover Crops Are an Easy Way to Improve Your Garden's Soil - Lancaster Farming article ​ Backyard Soil Health Q&A with Dr. Steven Mirksy - USDA-ARS YouTube video Ruth Stout Lazy Gardening Best Practices for the Sustainable Urban Garden - SARE How Regenerative Farming Could Impact The Food We Buy In Years To Come - Tasting Table article Bryan O'Hara | Organic No-Till Vegetable Farming - YouTube webinar recording Soil Biology in Home Gardening - Lisa Blazure webinar recording, Prince George's SCD

Penn State Farmer to Farmer Case Study videos Penn State Organic Crop Production Guide ​ Transitioning to Organic Production - SARE ​ Growing Organic No-till Garlic video - Beech Grove Farm ​ Soil Health and Organic Farming Guidebooks - Organic Farming Research Foundation ​ Rodale Institute Soil Health webpage Los Fundamentos de la Salud del Suelo - Organic Farming Research Foundation Bryan O'Hara | Organic No-Till Vegetable Farming - YouTube webinar recording Soil Microbes in Organic Cropping Systems 101 - eOrganic, Penn State University Management of Soil Microbes on Organic Farms - eOrganic, Penn State University Healthy Soil Problem Solving 2022 - ACRES Soil Health and Cover Crops at Burroughs Family Orchards - SARE video

The Art and Science of Grazing by Sarah Flack The Complete Guide to Restoring Your Soil by Dale Strickler Cows Save The Planet by Judith Schwartz ​ Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David Montgomery ​ Farmacology by Dr. Daphne Miller ​ For the Love of the Soil by Nicole Masters ​ A Growing Revolution by David Montgomery ​ Grow Your Soil! by Diane Miessler ​ Life in the Soil by James Nardi ​ One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka ​ Plowman's Folly by Edward Faulkner ​ Soil Biology Primer by multiple authors including Elaine Ingham ​ Soil Health, Soil Biology, Soilborne Diseases and Sustainable Agriculture by Stirling, Hayden Pattison, and Stirling ​ What Your Food Ate by Anne Bikle & David Montgomery

Advancing Eco Agriculture podcasts Joel Myers - the history of Pennsylvania no-till ​ Rodale Farming Systems: Watershed Impact Trial ​ The Graziers Grapevine by the PA Grazing Lands Coalition ​ Ryan Graham, Butler County farmer: Every Day is Earth Day for Farmers ​ Interseeding Covers Into Corn at V4-V5 for No-Till Success, John Wallace, PSU Understanding Carbon:Nitrogen Ratios & Cover Crops - Steve Groff on Cover Crop Strategies Podcast

Landowner Help website - recorded webinars and resources ​ Agricultural Conservation Lease Builder - step-by-step help for developing leases ​ Long-Term Leasing Booklet & Ag Leasing 101 - PA Farm Link ​ Five Questions Landowners Should Ask Their Farmers about Soil Health - NRCS PA Farm Link website - land and legal information

Thiele Dairy Farm - 2023 American Farmland Trust Pennsylvania Farm B&R Farms - Boots and Robin Hetherington + Morgan and Kevin Bond, PA American Farmland Trust - national case study list Quantifying Economic and Environmental Benefits of Soil Health - AFT Economics of Soil Health Systems in Midwest Corn and Soy - Soil Health Institute

Deploy Cover Crops to Drop Your Herbicide Use Steve Groff, Cedar Meadows Farm (Lancaster County) - No-Till Farmer ​ Healing Soil through No-Till Leroy Bupp, Bupplynn Farm (York County) – No-Till Farmer ​ No-Till Pioneer on a Mission for Soil Health Leroy Bupp, Bupplynn Farm (York County) – Chesapeake Bay Foundation ​ Focusing on Profits, Not Yields Lucas Criswell, Criswell Acres (Union County) – Farm Progress ​ Planting into Living Covers Lucas Criswell & Jim Hershey (Union & Lancaster Counties) – No-Till Farmer ​ Using Untreated Seed to Boost Beneficial Insects Lucas Criswell, Criswell Acres (Union County) – No-Till Farmer ​ Farmer Profile: Dave Graybill Dave Graybill, Red Sunset Farm (Juniata County) – Chesapeake Bay Foundation ​ Fine-Tuning Fertility for Top Yields Dean James, Don Cotner Farms (Northumberland County) – No-Till Farmer ​ Connections Between Soil Health & Nutrition Jennifer Montgomery & Greg Boulos, Blackberry Meadows Farm – Pasa Sustainable Agriculture ​ NRCS showcase Jim Harbach, Schrack Farms (Clinton County) ​ Mimicking Natural Systems Jim Harbach, Schrack Farms (Clinton County) – Dairy Herd ​ Harvesting Sunlight to Feed Soils Jim Harbach, Schrack Farms (Clinton County) – No-Till Farmer ​ Planning and Research is Necessary for No-Till Success Jim Hershey, Hershey Farms (Lancaster County) – No-Till Farmer ​ 60” Corn Rows Make Space for Cover Crops Ben Peckman, Slate Ridge Farm (Franklin County) – Farm Progress ​ Water In, Slugs Out, Inputs Down, Profits Up Ben Peckman, Slate Ridge Farm (Franklin County) – No-Till Farmer ​ Feeding Worms, Microbial 'Livestock' Transforms No-Till Fields Dave McLaughlin, Little Germany Farm (Perry County) - Cover Crop Strategies ​ Behind the Scenes with a Local Beef Farmer Dave & Holly Albert, Misty Mountain Farms (Lycoming County) - Dirt to Dinner Drone aids in making farm decisions William Thiele (Butler County) - Farm & Dairy Soil health and forage: A cover crop twofer William Thiele (Butler County) - Farm Progress Profiles in Soil Health: Rowan Miller (Cumberland County) American Farmland Trust Profiles in Soil Health: Teena Bailey (Lehigh County) American Farmland Trust