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Cornell Online Course Unites Global Soil Health Leaders
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Cornell University’s Soil Health program hosted a certificate course that connected participants interested in soil health from across the world.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/soil/)
Cornell University’s Soil Health program hosted a certificate course that connected participants interested in soil health from across the world.
Prof. Yiqi Luo, integrative plant science, highlights the importance of soil and terrestrial ecosystems for carbon sequestration.
On Dec. 23, the New York State Senate passed new law backed by Cornell research establishing the Soil Health and Climate Resiliency Act, the Soil Health Program and the Climate Resilient Farming Initiative.
Kirsten Kurtz’s job is to sort through soil. She isn’t just digging through her backyard, however — as manager of the Cornell Soil Health Laboratory, Kurtz is responsible for bettering soil quality for places everywhere from corn farms in the midwest U.S. to sandy deserts in Africa.