Organic Soil Management Healthy soil matters to all farmers and “feed the soil, not the plant” is the mantra of organic farmers. Organic farmers focus on creating fertile soil that is rich in organic matter and teeming with life. Download to Learn More Related snapAG Articles Antibiotics in Food Biosecurity Organic Farming Beef Protein and the Environment Global Protein Consumption What are GMOs Organic Soil Management Organic and Synthetic Pesticides Neonics Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotics – What and Why? Vaccines Animal Welfare or Rights Transporting Farm Animals Pig Housing The Myth of Factory Farms Intensive Livestock Operations Chicken Housing Hormones Today’s Farm Soil Horticulture in Canada Aquaculture in Canada Water Management Farm Animals Animal Breeding Agriculture and Greenhouse Gases Environmental Farm Plans Conservation Tillage Crop Rotation Carbon Sequestration Protein and Nutrition Food Safety Food Waste Grass-Fed and Grain-Finished Beef Pesticides on Food Organic Food Eggs Dairy in Your Diet Milk Pasteurization Gluten Food Additives GMOs and the Environment GMO Foods GMOs Around the World Organic Pest Management Conventional or Organic Fertilizer Fertilizer Use Fertilizer Irrigation Grain Farm Technology Glyphosate Pesticides and the Environment Pesticides – What and Why? Plant Breeding and Food Security Genetics and Farming Genetic Engineering and Human Health Bees Bioplastics Crop Byproducts Eating Local Food Processing Food Security Invasive Species Regenerative Agriculture Robotics in Agriculture Supply Management Urban Agriculture Urban Pesticides Websites to Investigate This Topic Further Canadian Organic Growers Ontario Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada Footnotes Bot, Alexandra and José Benites. FAO Soils Bulletin 80. The importance of soil organic matter: Key to drought-resistant soil and sustained food production. Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations. 2005. Organic production systems — Permitted substances lists. CAN/CGSB-32.311-2015. Table 4.2 – Soil amendments and crop nutrition Organic production systems — General principles and management standards. CAN/CGSB-32.310-2015. 5.5.2.5 Photo Credits Images provided by Laura Berman GreenFuse Photography. Tags soil organic organic soil management nutrients manure farm farming organic farming environment health