Keeping soil covered is one of the six healthy soil principles. Ralph Vigil, owner of Molino de la Isla Organics and an eighth-generation acequia farmer, changed his practices nearly 20 years ago.

A team co-led by a Purdue University researcher has found that groups of fungi influence global tree species in distinct ways ...

Soil is where 59% of all life on Earth resides. ... AI models predict that both groups will shift southward by 2040 due to warming, with fungal communities showing greater sensitivity.

Yet soil affects the mind in ways that extend far beyond physical contact. Healthy foods grow from healthy soils. Our foods' nutritional content is directly correlated with the health of our soils.