Soil Health Conferences

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The Ocean County Soil Conservation District has worked alongside its partners to develop and implement two successful Soil Health Conferences. These conferences offered professionals including farmers, engineers, landscape architects, soil scientists, planners, regulators, builders, landscape contractors the opportunity to expand their knowledge of soil health by taking workshops offered by soil experts. Demonstrations including the use of a VertiQuake, Amoozemeter, and other tools were also included in the conference, giving people without access to such information a unique look at the testing and amendment of impacted soils.

Please find more information, including full presentations, from the conferences using the following links:


The Vertiquake machine rolls over an area of poor turf quality, and demonstrates how the use of ground penetrating blades

2012 Soil Health Conference: S.O.S. Sustainable Opportunities through Soil

Posted: March 30, 2012

Click here to see the full Program from the 2012 Soil Health Conference A complete list of links for all presentations at the Soil Conference can be found below. S.o.S. Sustainable Opportunities through Soil – May 30, 2012 Presentations Key Note 1 Dr. Elaine Ingham Soil Biologist and Chief Scientist at Rodale Institute What Goes … Read more

2010 Inaugural Soil Health Conference

Posted: March 9, 2010

New Jersey’s First Annual Soil Health Conference was held on March 9,2010 at the Enterprise Center at Burlington County College. Over 200 farmers, engineers, landscape architects, soil scientists, planners, regulators, builders, landscape contractors, and concerned individuals gathered together to listen to the range of problems related to soil health and to contribute to solutions that … Read more