SoilCon Field Day, hosted by the Washington Soil Health Initiative (WaSHI) and WSU’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources (CSANR), offers an interactive experience focused on soil health. This event brings participants into the field for practical, hands-on learning.
One of this year’s key demonstrations featured a biochar kiln funded by the Sustainable Farms and Fields program. This portable kiln converts waste wood and forest byproducts into biochar, a carbon-rich product that can improve soil health and help sequester carbon.
For more information, visit SoilCon Field Day Resources.
📸: Nick Kunz from Skagit Conservation District showing the biochar kiln.
In an arid landscape dominated by dryland grain production and rangeland, this pilot focuses on reducing soil loss, improving water availability, and supporting habitat health. By tracking conservation practices and applying watershed tools, the work helps partners better understand how voluntary conservation supports resilient working lands under changing conditions.
In a working lands landscape shaped by dryland farming, grazing, and irrigated agriculture, this pilot focuses on reducing erosion, keeping soil on the land, and improving stream and habitat conditions. By tracking conservation practices and applying watershed tools, the work helps partners better understand how voluntary conservation supports resilient farms and healthy watersheds.
Within a productive agricultural landscape shaped by dairy and crop production, this pilot focuses on improving water quality, managing nutrients, and reducing flood risks. Monitoring and conservation tracking help partners understand how voluntary conservation supports both farm viability and long-term watershed health.
