The following is an interview between correspondent, Glenn Mosley and WSU Organic Farm Manager, Brad Jaekel:
(photo by Sergeant) June 16, 2008
PULLMAN/Maybe it’s because it’s all around us, and we walk all over it, but the fact is we don’t always pay enough attention to our soil, which scientists describe as a fragile resource.
In fact, we are running out of soil in certain parts of the country that are experiencing erosion loss. Even the Palouse region of Washington and Idaho is one of the top ten erodable areas in the country.
Brad Jaeckel, project manager of the organic farm at Washington State University, says we’re losing our soil to wind, water, and certain tillage practices. But he says there’s hope:
“There’s all kinds of great work that farmers are doing across the country and the world to develop better practices to preserve their soil. There are folks on the Palouse doing no- till farming and their primary goal in those systems is to preserve the soil and build soil.”
Jaeckel says another concern is the overall health of the soil that remains. He says relying on intense chemical fertilizers does not address the issue of soil loss.
Scientists say managing and maintaining soil is an important part of our future. Once soil is gone, it’s gone, they say, and it takes a long time to build it back up.
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