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Supporting Michigan farmers using soil health assessment tools: Reflections from an LTER fellow

8.26.20

Graduate researcher, Xinyi Tu, is a graduate student advised by Dr. Sieglinde Snapp in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Department at Michigan State University (MSU). The term “soil health” is similar to that of the health of an organism – it originates from the underlying connection of soil to animal and human health, and to the connection between soil and its living biota. However, there is no concensus amongst scholars as to what soil health means, and various definitions can be found in the literature. This confusion translates to farmers through the creation

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Educators gather for Soil Health Field Day at KBS

9.17.19

The following post is by Ava Garrison, graduate student in Jeffrey Conner's lab and Science Education and Outreach Fellow at the Kellogg Biological Station. Educators from across Michigan gathered at KBS for the 2019 LTER Soil Health Field Day, which took place on Wednesday, September 11. The day began with the driving question: how can we as educators share soil health science with our students? The attendees, who were educators from all grade levels including non-traditional and adult education, kept this question on their minds as they participated in the day’s

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A new approach to soil testing for Michigan farmers: from inputs to indicators of soil health

5.27.15

KBS LTER grad Brendan O'Neill samples soil on a Michigan farmer's field.

Each year the KBS LTER program awards two graduate students with summer research fellowships. Here Brendan O'Neill describes the research his summer fellowship supported. Brendan is a Ph.D. student in Tom Schmidt and Phil Robertson's labs. ~~~ My research at the Kellogg Biological Station Long-term Ecological Research (KBS LTER) site has focused on how increasing crop diversity (for example, including cover crops) can enhance soil ecosystem functions while sustaining crop production. Examples of soil ecosystem functions include retaining carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) within the field and

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Recent News and Events

  • New KBS LTER Artist-in-Residence program aims to create intersection between art and research
  • Sarah Evans named to prestigious 2022 Earth Leadership Program cohort
  • Prairie strip ecology, art, and advocacy in the LTER: Reflections from an LTER Fellow
  • Studying small populations using big experiments: Reflections from an LTER Fellow
  • Disentangling the complex effects of climate change on above and belowground communities: Reflections from an LTER Fellow

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