Components of Soil Health/Quality

• Productivity: the ability of soil to enhance plant and biological productivity

• Environmental Quality: the ability of soil to attenuate environmental contaminants, pathogens, and offsite damage

• Health: the interrelationship between soil quality and plant, animal, and human health

  • Int. Conf. on the Assessment and Monitoring of Soil Quality, Rodale Institute, 1991

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