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Case Study: Garrettstown Farm, Ireland – Learning about soils with the power of observation 1600 1200 Soilmentor

Case Study: Garrettstown Farm, Ireland – Learning about soils with the power of observation

Learning about soils with the power of observation – Garrettstown Farm, Ireland Our latest Soilmentor case study is with David Corrigan, a farmer and soil enthusiast learning more about his soils with the power of observation. David farms at Garrettstown, a 230 acre dairy farm in County Carlow, Ireland, which has been passed down through…

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How to use Soilmentor year-round 888 716 Soilmentor

How to use Soilmentor year-round

How to use Soilmentor all year round Whenever you’re out and about on the farm; crop walking, moving animals, drilling seed, or walking the dog – Soilmentor is there as a support to record your observations. A patch of bare soil, a plant you’ve never noticed before, your clover understory coming through – all useful…

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Case study: KUHproKLIMA group in Germany 2560 1920 Soilmentor

Case study: KUHproKLIMA group in Germany

Case study: Francisco Telles Varela & the KUHproKLIMA Germany group We’re really proud to have supported the KUHproKLIMA group in Germany with their farming research project over the last couple of years. We recently caught up with Francisco Telles Varela about how their research is going, and how soil monitoring and observation supports their project aims.…

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Case Study: Philip Fernandez & EIT Food 1600 900 Soilmentor

Case Study: Philip Fernandez & EIT Food

Case study – Soilmentor organisations: Philip Fernandez at EIT Food (part 1) EIT (European Institute of Innovation & Technology) is a body of the EU, working to drive innovation in business, education and research across Europe. We’re proud to be supporting EIT Food with Soilmentor, on one of their projects monitoring the impact of regenerative…

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The new science behind biodiversity, cover crops and building the soil sociobiome: learnings from Dr. Christine Jones 1120 770 Soilmentor

The new science behind biodiversity, cover crops and building the soil sociobiome: learnings from Dr. Christine Jones

The new science behind biodiversity, cover crops and building the soil sociobiome: learnings from Dr. Christine Jones US-based cover crop supplier Green Cover Seed have recently hosted a fascinating 4-part webinar series with Dr. Christine Jones. We definitely encourage you to watch them, but to get you started we’ve pulled together some of the key…

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Farmerama #73: Nicole Masters on the Regen Platform 1000 668 Soilmentor

Farmerama #73: Nicole Masters on the Regen Platform

Nicole Masters interview on Farmerama: The Regen Platform Episode #73 of Farmerama Radio featured Abby interviewing Nicole Masters on the power of digging a hole, the inspiration behind the Regen Indicators, and how the Soilmentor Regen Platform can support a regenerative transition. Tune into the full episode below (or on your preferred podcast platform): Farmerama…

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The Journey to a Regenerative Mindset – ORFC 2022 2796 1478 Soilmentor

The Journey to a Regenerative Mindset – ORFC 2022

The Journey to a Regenerative Mindset At ORFC 2022, we hosted a session digging into the mindset shift required to transition to regenerative farming. What changes are required as we shift our relationship to the land and landscapes and what does that feel like? What are the uncomfortable bits? Inevitably in farming so many questions…

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The Soilmentor Regen Platform is here! 2665 1961 Soilmentor

The Soilmentor Regen Platform is here!

🌱 The Soilmentor Regen Platform is live 🌱 The Soilmentor Regen Platform is here! We’re so excited to be launching this addition to Soilmentor, created in collaboration with Nicole Masters and the brilliant team at Integrity Soils. The Soilmentor Regen Platform gives you access to clear benchmarking of the Regen Indicators – 10 soil metrics…

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Why some of our protocols are changing 792 498 Soilmentor

Why some of our protocols are changing

Why we’re changing some of our protocols We’re making some small changes to some of our scoring and protocols alongside the launch of the Regen Platform. Each of these changes have been made alongside Nicole Masters and the team at Integrity Soils, to ensure collecting soil health data on your farm feels clear and repeatable…

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Soilmentor support for DEFRA Soil Management Plan 1080 1080 Soilmentor

Soilmentor support for DEFRA Soil Management Plan

Soilmentor support for DEFRA Soil Management Plan Farming in the UK and planning to create a DEFRA soil management plan in future? Soilmentor can support you to monitor your soil health and structure, detail how an area is managed, and report problem areas. In order to align with the UK government’s Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme…

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Soil Lab Test Series #2: Nutrient Analyses 784 1090 Soilmentor

Soil Lab Test Series #2: Nutrient Analyses

Soil Lab Test Series #2: Soil Nutrient Analyses This is the second post in the Soilmentor Soil Lab Test Blog Series exploring soil lab analyses, what we can learn from them, and where to get them done. In this blog we look at soil nutrient analyses, and we’ll be exploring leaf and tissue analysis, and…

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Soil Lab Test Series #1: Soil Biodiversity Testing 1654 984 Soilmentor

Soil Lab Test Series #1: Soil Biodiversity Testing

Soil Lab Test Series #1: Soil Biodiversity Testing This is the first post in the Soilmentor Soil Lab Test Blog Series exploring soil lab analyses, what we can learn from them, and where to get them done. In this blog we look at soil biodiversity tests, and we’ll be exploring nutrient analysis, leaf and tissue…

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