Stone Soup Soil Crawl

Stone Soup Soil Crawl

Our first Soil Crawl will be held at Stone Soup Garden in Laurel Montana on Saturday, July 15. Participants will tour a small-scale, regenerative farm in the Yellowstone Valley led by young farmers striving to cultivate healthy soil, food, and community. Stone Soup Garden is the culmination of a decade of experiences in local food, organic farming, and building intentional community!

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Soil Your Undies Challenge

Soil Your Undies Challenge

The Soil Your Undies Challenge is a national event that has been brought to Montana! Northern Plains is challenging farmers, ranchers, and soil health enthusiasts across Montana to bury a pair of cotton underwear to promote soil health awareness. It’s a quick and dirty way to test the microbial activity in your soil. The more the underwear has deteriorated, the healthier your soil! Together, we’ll get curious about what is happening underground.

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Digging deep to strengthen Montana’s soil health

Digging deep to strengthen Montana’s soil health

On a frozen Montana evening in mid-December a few dozen individuals gathered around a virtual “fireside chat” with the aim of digging deeper and...
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SJ 9: Montana Soil Health Day and Week

SJ 9: Montana Soil Health Day and Week

SJ 9 is a joint resolution introduced at the 2023 Montana Legislature that would designate the first week of April as “Montana Soil Health Week” and the Wednesday of that week as “Montana Soil Health Day”. The resolution intends to raise awareness of the importance of soil health, celebrate Montana’s agricultural producers, uplift Montana’s culture and legacy as an agricultural state, and promote the stewardship of Montana’s soils.

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PRESS RELEASE: Montana soil advocates collaborate on statewide report

PRESS RELEASE: Montana soil advocates collaborate on statewide report

Agencies, organizations, and producers analyze economic, conservation benefits of improved soil quality BILLINGS, Mont. - From September 2021 through July 2022, a coalition of...
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