Learn More › With more than a thousand varieties in a wide range of sizes, shapes, and colors, it’s no wonder tomatoes are among the most popular of all backyard-grown produce. As soon as the ...

The black, charcoal-like substance holds onto a lot of the carbon in the organic matter it's made from, and can be added to soil to make it healthier. (Claire Palmer/CBC) Biochar is made through a ...

The lack of sufficient organic material is no laughing matter when it comes to your soil’s tilth and fertility. The organic faction in your soil is the next all-important issue after soil texture and ...

Soil-borne diseases, such as hookworm and Giardia, inflict many. The larvae of the TseTse flies, which carry sleeping sickness and inhabit large parts of Africa, live in organic-matter-rich black ...

In Iowa they call it “black gold” – a fertile blanket ... showed that in the 50 years from 1959, soil structure and levels of organic matter had degraded while acidity had increased.

Looking at the history of Wisconsin, Huang said the impact of being able to model the changes in soil organic carbon for farmers could be enormous. Wisconsin is one of the few places on Earth where ...