How to Support Long-Term Fertility of Your Soil

Using simple tools like biochar can boost the carbon content of your soil while enhancing nutrient availability and retention.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Austin Liu, principal biochar investigator at the Local Carbon Network, delved into how water-soluble nutrients are retained and exchanged in soil — and why this is so important for the health of your soil

• High cation exchange capacity, or CEC, and anion exchange capacity, or AEC, are metrics of fertile soil

• When co-composted biochar is a…