Healthy Soils for Sustainable Cotton
Innovation
Complete Project
To quantify, expand, and verify the productivity and environmental benefits of soil health management systems used by cotton producers. Using micro-communities of cotton growers utilizing soil health practices, where growers can learn from mentors and regularly discuss tactics with peers over three years, the program will create a groundswell of producers pioneering soil health systems on their farms, as described below.
Objectives
First Party Verified
No farmers were engaged in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
First Party Verified
No farmers were engaged in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
First Party Verified
No farmers were engaged in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Participants
Project Lead Organization
Soil Health Institute
Full Member
Cotton Incorporated
Full Member
Walmart
Associate Member
University of Arkansas
Full Member
Texas A&M
Full Member
National Cotton Council of America
Full Member
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Full Member
University of Georgia
Full Member
Project Details
Status
Complete Project
Pathway
Innovation
Crops
Cotton
Natural Resource Concern
Climate Change
Ecosystem Conservation
Soil Health
Water Scarcity
Water Quality
Counties
Arkansas
California
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
Texas
Virginia