Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/28/2025
Publication Date: 1/28/2025
Citation: Waggoner, A.L., Silva, E.M., Krome, M., Hancock, D.W. 2025. Increasing the impacts of soil health research and engagement through interinstitutional and interdisciplinary collaboration. Meeting Abstract. 1.

Interpretive Summary: ABSTRACT ONLY

Technical Abstract: The Soil Health Alliance for Research and Engagement (SHARE) project is a cooperative effort between the US Dairy Forage Research Center (USDA ARS), University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute to conduct impactful research and outreach efforts focused on the social, economic, and biophysical aspects of soil health. SHARE is supported by a project coordinator, engagement coordinator, and part-time agriculture information specialist. SHARE is interested in bringing all types of people interested in soil health (producers, researchers, government employees, non-profits, etc.) together to better address and move forward work towards building healthier soil systems. During 2024, SHARE engaged in multiple types of outreach, including, but not limited to, providing assistance in the creation and execution of a three-part webinar series on soil health for the Midwest Farmers of Color Soil Health Network, helping spread the word on soil health demonstration sites with the “Demonstrating Soil Health in the Badger State” event, and the creation of www.soilhealthalliance.net which hosts the WI Conservation and Soil Health Events calendar, a calendar of events throughout WI and neighboring states related to agriculture and soil health events, as well as aggregating other relevant resources for producers interested in soil health.