EPISODE · Nov 27, 2020 · 43 MIN
Building Soil Carbon
from Grain on the Brain · host Jason Peters, Cynthia Kallenbach, Scott Beaton, Karen Klassen
Resources linksRead about soil health research on organic farms conducted by the Organic Farming Research Foundation:https://ofrf.org/research/reports/Dig deeper into Soil Health on the National Resources Conservation Service’s website: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/health/?cid=stelprdb1245890https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/soils/health/If you're near Quebec City and are interested in participating in Professor Kallenbach's research, she is always looking for additional good field sites, particularly with areas of waterlogging, for research with cover crops! Guest bio for Professor Cynthia KallenbachCynthia Kallenbach joined McGill’s Department of Natural Resource Sciences as an Assistant Professor in 2018. Her research integrates soil ecology and biogeochemistry to understand soil organic matter turnover and accumulation and microbial-plant interactions affecting carbon and nutrient cycling under land use and global change. She received her BSc degree (Geography) from Sonoma State University, California. She earned two MSc at University of California-Davis in International Agriculture Development and in Soil Biogeochemistry, and her PhD from the University of New Hampshire in Earth and Environmental Science. Before coming to McGill, she was a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) postdoctoral fellow at Colorado State University.CreditsHost: Scott BeatonNarrator: Karen KlassenProducer: Karen KlassenEditor: Jason PetersPodcast oversight committee: Anne Kirk, Jason Peters, Kim Wilton, Tierra Stokes, Marla Carlson, Deb TucheltDisclaimerThe views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Manitoba Organic Alliance. SponsorFunding is provided in part by the Canada and Manitoba governments through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
What this episode covers
Have you been thinking about how to build soil carbon on your farm? Scott Beaton talks to Professor Cynthia Kallenbach about soil health, the different types of soil carbon and how to make deposits into both your soil chequing and savings accounts.
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