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2021-2022 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSE 265 - Soil Health for Farm Resilience and Climate Mitigation


This course provides students with tools to understand the concepts and practices of soil health in different scales and types of systems.  The importance, goals, and challenges of managing for soil health are emphasized.  Both agronomic and environmental outcomes for soil health practices are considered.  Students will build their understanding of, and ability to use, course information through weekly discussions and will critically evaluate the use of soil health practices for climate mitigation.

Prerequisites: BIO 100 or PSE 100 or SFR 100, and EES 140 or permission

Course Typically Offered: Fall

Credits: 1