Land Use Impacts on Soil Quality

Be Soil Savvy

Your interest is piqued. The following links and leads are to help you get involved and learn more!

Learning on your own Schedule or Formally:

• Journals and Publications: The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) has an extensive list of soils publications that are worthy to follow.
• Formal Study: There are a range of programs at universities in Canada and internationaly
• For Fun: Check out the facebook group, Why Soil Matters

Get Involved:

• Join a group: Soil Science Societies
• Vote in Elections for Candidates whose policies best support sustainable soil use
• Be aware of where your food come from and what soil practices were used to grow it
• Compost and Practice the Four R's (re-think, reduce, reuse, recycle) – the fewer things that go into landfills, the more land is available for supporting ecosystem processes.
• Determine how your actions impact soil use at a local and global level and strive to do something about it!

This podcast, "Mindful of Soil", was prepared by Alicia Hall (former student in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC) as part of the LFS 400 - Digital Communication and Topics in Agriculture course: