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Virginia Chapter SWCS Annual Fall Meeting: The Science and Practice of Building Soil Health

Virginia Chapter SWCS Annual Fall Meeting: The Science and Practice of Building Soil Health. Erin Ling Sr. Extension Associate, Biological Systems Engineering SWCS Virginia Chapter President, 2013. Nonprofit scientific and educational organization

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Virginia Chapter SWCS Annual Fall Meeting: The Science and Practice of Building Soil Health

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  1. Virginia Chapter SWCS Annual Fall Meeting: The Science and Practice of Building Soil Health Erin Ling Sr. Extension Associate, Biological Systems Engineering SWCS Virginia Chapter President, 2013

  2. Nonprofit scientific and educational organization • Advocates for conservation professionals and for science-based conservation policy, practice and programs • Founded 1943 • >5000 members internationally • VA Chapter – about 85 members • VT Student Chapter • Fall Annual Technical Meeting

  3. “Good farmers, who take seriously their duties as stewards of Creation and of their land's inheritors, contribute to the welfare of society in more ways than society usually acknowledges, or even knows. These farmers produce valuable goods, of course; but they also conserve soil, they conserve water, they conserve wildlife, they conserve open space, they conserve scenery.”  --Wendell Berry

  4. Congratulations 2013Award Winners! June Sekoll Media Award Conservationist of the Year Award Robin Buckalew Piedmont SWCD Patty Johnson and the Virginia Forage and Grassland Council Merit Award Commendation Award Ray Dorsett, Assistant State Conservationist of Operation Virginia’s Quail Recovery Initiative Team

  5. Conservation is a precarious, never-ending process of seeking harmony between land and people. – Aldo Leopold THANK YOU

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