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$20 million grant will help improve soil health

A nearly $20 million grant will be used to improve and encourage soil health practices on farms across the country.

Sally Rocky, the director of the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR), says the grant will be split between the Soil Health Partnership, The Nature Conservancy, and the Soil Health Institute. She says the grant will help create a standardized measurement for soil health and provide on-farm research to determine best practices.

“This is going to really accelerate the adoption of soil health practices across the country,” she says. “We’re really looking forward to all the outcomes.”

Audio: Sally Rocky, Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research

FFAR donated $9.4 million, which was matched.

Nick Goeser, director of the Soil Health Partnership, says the grant will provide long-term resilience in the agricultural food and supply system.

“Being able to produce year over year on the same land and improving those soils is essential to maintain food production,” he says.

Audio: Nick Goeser, Soil Health Partnership

Rocky says the five-year grant will result in published research that will benefit farmers and non-operator landowners alike.

The grant was matched by General Mills, Midwest Row Crop Collaborative, Monsanto, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Walmart Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation, and individual donors.

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