Soil Quality in Organic Agricultural Systems

August 2003

Kathleen Delate, Iowa State University Extension PM 1882

Building and maintaining soil quality is the basis for successful organic farming. Topics of crop rotations, soil amendments, soil health, carbon sequestration, organic agriculture philosophies, and relevant related field research are included.

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