Podcast, 4 The Soil: A Conversation, was launched as a collaboration between several agencies and departments, including the Virginia Tech School of Plant and Environmental Sciences and the Virginia Cooperative Extension.
The podcast builds on the concept that we can all be 4 The Soil and follow the four core soil health principles, promoted by the Virginia USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Virginia Soil Health Coalition. Those principles are keep soil covered, minimize soil disturbance, maximize living roots, and energize with diversity.
Jeff Ishee of On the Farm Radio serves as host, with School of Plant and Environmental Sciences Faculty members Eric Bendfeldt and Mary Sketch Bryant serving as co-hosts.
Topics covered in the nearly three dozen episodes produced include farming and soil health, cover crops, and keeping water clean.
New episodes are published bi-weekly.