What follows is a deeper dive into these ideas, and existing research that supports them. Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT is proud to be able to nurture the link between investors and farmers so organic agriculture can become the norm in the United States.
Iroquois Valley sought to compile and synthesize the latest research on the soil health outcomes under organic management. Our project partner, Delta Institute compiled this synthesis through a literature review using Google Scholar, and University of Chicago’s Library database. In most cases, papers were post-2014, to reflect the more recent advancements in research and were either U.S. based or from areas with a soil order found in the U.S. and similar climatic conditions.
Research for this document was supported by a Conservation Innovation Grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), on Innovative Financing to Help Restore Soil Health: Iroquois Valley Farms’ Soil Restoration Notes, Agreement Number 69- 3A75-17-42, led by Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT.