About
Soil health has been recognized in Minnesota to provide multiple benefits not only to the environment but also to production agriculture. The Minnesota Soil Health Coalition’s birth is due to producers implementing soil health practices understanding the importance of a producer driven, producer led soil health organization in Minnesota to provide information, support, and networking. Producer driven education, outreach, and adoption utilizing information exchange to promote the principles of soil health practices.
The Coalition is led by an elected Board, made up of Minnesota Agriculture Producers. The Coalition is a non-profit 501(C)(3) organization.
Goals of the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition:
•Promotion of best management practices on working lands
•A Minnesota Soil Health Coalition will help promote large scale adoption of soil health practices, making a measurable positive impact on soil erosion, surface water quality, and soil infiltration for Minnesota
•Unite conservation agencies, farmers, and industry to advocate for large scale adoption of soil health principals
•Organize and collaborate on events, trainings, field days, and meetings with producers and other entities
•Establish research base-Ag Center at MN College for a minimum of 5 year agreement for testing, data, and information exchange of soil health practice implementation in Minnesota
•Develop agreements with MN farmers and monitor management, soil health, and economics
•Develop and maintain a website with information about the organization, relevant technical information, links to information, calendar of events, and contacts for the organization
•Leadership development, education, and training opportunities
•Develop and maintain the farmer to farmer mentor program
•Create and maintain contact lists for producers to connect and network
•Create and maintain a statewide soil health forum
•Develop market power-grown regeneratively
