CARA’s Soil Health Lab allows producers and others access to biological and physical soil assessments, to understand what is affecting their soil health and to build a bridge for improving it based on localized and site-specific constraints.
CARA SHL SAMPLING PROTOCOLS
Take a look and read the CARA SHL Sampling protocols for collecting your Soil.
SOIL SAMPLE SUBMISSION FORMS
Download these two forms to be submitted with your soil samples. Make two copies of each - one for your records and send the other two in a ziplock with your soil to us.
SH ASSESSMENT PACKAGE PRICING
Find out the pricing for all of your soil health assessment.
Covid-19 Notice
With the current Covid-19 situation, the CARA Soil Health Lab is working at limited staff capacity to align with social distancing guidelines and with new Covid-19 protocols. With these new protocols and social distancing guidelines, the soil processing procedures are delayed. With processing procedures being delayed it will result in final reports being delayed.
The CARA staff & Board members have decided to close the Soil Health Lab for pedestrian traffic in order to align with what is promoted to prevent potential spreading of the Covid 19 virus
Please contact Dr. Yamily Zavala at carashl@telus.net with any questions or before you submit a sample for testing for the time being.
Have Questions? Reach out
The CARA Soil Health Lab shares staffing resources with Chinook Applied Research Association
Our Events
CARA 2021 Soil Health Mini-Conference
Plans are currently on hold for our 2021 Mini-Conference due to covid restrictions.
Web Health Webinar Series
Join our webinar series on Soil Health with Joel Williams, click below to sign up! or if you want to see the form, find it here.
Soil is a living ecosystem and is a farmer's most precious asset. A farmer's productive capacity is directly related to the health of his or her soils.
-Howard Warren Buffet
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