Healthy Soils Network

• National Healthy Soils Policy Network Resources
• Conference Directory
• Adoption of Soil Health Systems Based on Data (2017)

Bill Tracking

• Soil4Climate Legislative Database
• FEDERAL SOIL HEALTH BILL TRACKER
• National Healthy Soils Policy Network
• DIRECTORY OF EXISTING STATE HEALTHY SOILS PROGRAMS
  • This resource is provided for members of the National Healthy Soils Policy Network and our allies. Please do not share publicly without permission. For updates, corrections, or questions, please contact dago@calclimateag.org
• CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURE LEGISLATION ROUNDUP
  • Compiled in October 2020 by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
• CLIMATE SOLUTIONS FOR FARMERS: INVEST IN PROVEN FEDERAL PROGRAMS
  • Report on carbon markets by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
• BRIDGING NON-TRADITIONAL STAKEHOLDERS
  • From Farm to City: Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide with Farmer-Friendly Climate Policy Advocacy, CalCAN 
  • Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities: Opportunities to Bridge Environmental Justice and Soil Carbon Sequestration, Food First, Silvestri Strategies, Carbon Cycle Institute
• ALGAE FOR SOIL HEALTH BILL FROM MISSOURI
  • This resource is provided for members of the National Healthy Soils Policy Network and our allies. Please do not share publicly without permission. For updates, corrections, or questions, please contact dago@calclimateag.org
• SESSION SCHEDULES FOR STATE LEGISLATURES
  • Streetscape Session Schedules
  • Multistate Legislative Dates

Policy Guidance

• Article: Farming for Our Future: Six Critical Findings on Climate Change and Agriculture, Peter H. Lehner & Nathan A. Rosenberg, Center for Health, Law and Policy at Harvard Law School
• Book: Farming for Our Future: The Science, Law, and Policy of Climate-Neutral Agriculture, Peter H. Lehner & Nathan A. Rosenberg, ELI Press 2021
• Soil Health Policy Guidebook: Developing Community-Driven State Soil Health Policy and Programs, Yale Center for Business and the Environment’s Regenerative Agriculture Initiative, November 2021. With an accompanying social media toolkit.
• Innovative State-Led Efforts to Finance Agricultural Conservation, EDF and NASDA
• Soil Health Policy Resources, the Soil Health Institute 
• State & Local Soil Health Strategies: Building Soil Health Policy from the Ground Up,  Izaak Walton League of America
• United States Mid Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization, The White House November 2016
• Healthy Soils Law Project, Farm and Energy Initiative, Vermont Law School
• Progress Report on the California Healthy Soils Program and accompanying webinar, December 2020
• Organizing for Soil Health: A Project of the Northeast Organic Farming Association April 2020
• US House and Senate Committee Maps (Last Updated 2021) –Use these maps to see if your elected US House or Senate representative serves on the Agriculture or Natural Resources Committee.

Technical Guidance

• CARBON FARM PLANNING: Step by Step Guidance, Lynette Nieburgge Marin RCD and Jeff Creque Carbon Cycle Institute
• COMET PLANNER: Carbon and greenhouse gas evaluation for NRCS conservation practice planning,  Amy Swan Colorado State University
• A Soil Health Champion’s Guide to Virtual Farm Tours, New Mexico Healthy Soil Working Group

Compost

• US Composting Council
• Institute for Local Self Reliance
  • Model Municipal Ordinance on Advancing Community Composting
  • Community Composting 101 Online Certificate Course
  • Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management Practices
  • Guide to Composting Onsite at School
• People, Food and Land Foundation CA
  • California Compost Inventory
  • Interactive Compost Inventory GIS Map
  • Compost Policy & Planning Framework
  • Compost Planning Checklist
• NYC Master Composter Manual from the NYC Compost Project

Finance & Agricultural Markets

• Cost Model for Carbon Farm Plans, David Krevitt Nerds for Earth
• Farmland Access Decision Making Tool, Land Stewardship Project
• Finding Farmland Calculator, a mortgage calculator by National Young Farmers and USDA
• NRCS and Investment Capital: Investing in America Together, A report by Encourage Capital 
• Whole Farm Planning Model, Ohio State University Extension

Scientific Papers

• The Regenerative Agriculture and Human Health Nexus: Insights from Field to Body, David LeZaks and Mandy Ellerton, Croatan Institute
• Negative Emissions and Land-Based Carbon Sequestration Implications for Climate and Energy Scenarios, Aman Chitkara, Emily McGlynn
• Pesticides and Soil Health, a scientific brief by Friends of the Earth
• The potential of agricultural land management to contribute to lower global surface temperatures, Allegra Mayer, Zeke Hausfather, Andrew D. Jones, Whendee L. Silver

Movies

• Gather
• Kiss The Ground Movie
• Farmer’s Footprint –Short Film
• Grass Farmers –Short Film