The Cornell Soil Health Assessment Training Manual will:

• Provide an overview of the concept of soil health
• Describe soil constraints and soil quality issues common to soils in New York and the Northeast region, especially in vegetable and field crop production systems
• Provide guidelines on how to conduct in-field qualitative and quantitative soil health assessment
• Provide a how-to guide for proper soil sampling
• Provide an overview of laborabory methods used to assess the health status of soil, the soil health report and their interpretation
• Identify management strategies for improving soil health based on measured constraints and
• Provide links to additional soil health and soil management resources.

Authors: Gugino, Beth K., Omololu J. Idowu, Robert R. Schindelbeck, Harold M. van Es, Bianca N. Moebius-Clune, David W. Wolfe, Janice E. Thies, and George S. Abawi