State Soil Health Policy Map

The US state soil health policy map is a crowd-sourced policy tracker designed to support the growth of healthy soil and related policies by sharing frameworks and lessons learned.

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Why Adopt Soil Health Policy?

Extreme Weather Resilience

Reduce crop loss and soil erosion during floods and drought

Improved Soil Fertility

Builds soil for continued agricultural production for future generations

Support Farmers

Healthier soils require less inputs and lead to healthier working conditions

29 out of 50 U.S. States

enacted Soil Health Programs as of March 30, 2026

Impacts 600 Million Acres of Farmland

These 29 states include 68% of U.S. farm acreage

Reaches Over 200 Million People

These 29 states encompass 64% of U.S. population

16 States

Created Soil Health Programs

California	Maine	Minnesota	Oregon
Colorado	Maryland	New Mexico	Texas
Connecticut	Massachusetts	New York	Utah
Illinois	Michigan	Oklahoma	Washington

11 States

Empowered State Agencies to Create Soil Health Programs

Arizona	Kansas	New Jersey
Minnesota	Louisiana	Pennsylvania
New Mexico	New Hampshire	South Dakota
West Virginia	Montana

All 29 create or empower state agencies to create soil health programs with incentives for implementation, except:
1.) Hawaii – passed legislation to create program in 2022, then later vetoed
2.) Nebraska – program does not include incentives

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The Team

Meet our Team of Advocates

Steven Keleti

Lead Healthy Soils Advocate

Isabelle Jenniches

New Mexico Policy Advocate

Calla Rose Ostrander

Consulting Partner