Awardee Name
Southern Aroostook SWCD
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Building Soil with Innovative Potato Cropping Systems
Awardee State/Territory
Maine
Involved States/territories
Maine
Award Year
2014
End Date
Award Amount
$74,043.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Soil
Resource Concern (Specific)
Soil Health
Conservation Practice(s)
Cover Crop
Conservation Crop Rotation
Project Background
Demonstrate how, through the use of multi-species cover crops and companion plantings, conventionally farmed potato soil can rebuild itself as a living ecosystem.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No