Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted After Peer Review
Publication Date
Spring 1-12-2024
Keywords
Soil Health, Crop Rotation, The Three Sisters, Sustainable Agriculture, Culturally Responsive Teaching
Description
Growing food from soil is a basic and important work to continue supporting the growing human population. Producing more foods and producing healthy food are challenging tasks, because producing foods use soil nutrients but can deplete the soil. This can adversely affect the natural balance. If the soil is healthy, we will not only increase production but also grow healthy food. This class is a starting point for learning about Soil Health – where students will learn about how the soil functions and how it directly influences the food we grow. In summary, it is all about striking the right balance and understanding the magic that happens beneath our feet in the world of soil and food production.
Pages
11
Type
Teaching Module
Format
Language
English
Publisher
Open Prairie, South Dakota State University
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Jiyul Chang, Becki Ritter, Dean Feller and Madhav P Nepal. 2024. Introduction to Soil Health for High School Students. iLEARN Teaching Resources. Volume 6 (1): 146-155