Spring Insights: Soil Health and Vertical Farming Innovations

April 01, 2025

This week on Modern Farmer, we’re embracing spring planting season. We share essential tips for preventing soil compaction during planting so your crops thrive in rich, aerated soil. Additionally, we explore vertical farming innovations that allow you to expand your yield on your current land.

Happy Planting!

The Modern Farmer Team

Spring soil compaction can decrease water infiltration and limit plant growth. Join modern farmer Briana Yablonski to learn more about the causes of soil compaction and ways you can manage it on your land.

Also fresh this week

If you’re working with limited growing space and want to produce more food, you may not have to look for more acreage. Vertical farming allows producers to grow up rather than out.

To Reverse a Troubling Trend, Farmers Are Adding Rocks to Their Fields

Across the country, farmers are taking a chance on a new method: adding crushed volcanic rock to fields to improve soil health (and sequester carbon in the process).

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