And thank you to the @OrganicCenter for funding! We need more studies on cover cropping in organic systems.

Thanks especially to the first author, Isaac, who stuck with this study tenaciously during the pandemic after he finished his undergraduate senior thesis in our lab in 2019.

Our study also triangulates evidence for soil carbon supporting yield increases from other studies led by @eeoldfield, @wooddecomp and others, and addresses some of the challenging issues of endogeneity they bring up.

But our comprehensive meta-analysis shows that while reduced yields from cover cropping can occur, most experimental studies do not show yield reductions.

Other studies ( https://t.co/apQyzoCvNp) have argued yield decreases from cover crops will reduce climate benefits from land-use spillovers.

Legume cover crops led to the largest yield and soil carbon increases, +24.3% and +1.5 g SOC per g of soil, respectively.

We also found that "Increases in SOC directly increased crop yields in soils with initial SOC concentrations below 11.6 g kg−1". In other words, we found a direct, positive link between changes in soil carbon and changes in crop yield, but only in low carbon soils.

We found that cover cropping increases crop yields and soil carbon - together, in the same place - ~60% of the time across 434 paired observations from five continents. Tradeoffs occurred in ~33% of cases

Our paper on how #covercrops jointly affect soil carbon and crop yields is out in @naturesustainab! https://t.co/ua86f5UWXv First authored by former undergraduate in our lab, Isaac Vendig, along with @soilsandbees @KenzoEsquivel @lcponisio @allegra_mayer & Gisel De La Cerda

Join us for a 3-yr #postdoc position ($65-76k/yr) applying environmental statistics and data science to agroecological research on diversified farming systems in @ESPM_Berkeley with us and Perry de Valpine. Apply https://t.co/W8VwCD1kQk #postdocjobs

Our paper "How does building healthy soils impact sustainable use of water resources in irrigated agriculture?" is out !!! https://t.co/2saRcRXV9s ft. @HDwaterhouse, Felipe Barrios-Masias, @DierksJanina, @leahlrrenwick and @bowleslab (1/12) #SoilHealth #soilphysics #irrigation

More details and the online application can be found here ( https://t.co/WpSVLgiwp0). Deadline to apply is July 28, 2022.

The University of California Organic Agriculture Institute and Small Farms Network are currently recruiting TWO Academic Coordinators to assist with the development of a research and extension program focused on organic production systems in California.

On this #EarthDay2022 let's "shift our gaze from the brilliant stars above to the humble ground below" - https://t.co/dFFUATFtXU, thanks to @The_Soil_Life for reminding us that #Soil is Alive and Soil is Life!

We are proud too! What a rich interdisciplinary collaboration looking at how tipping points in adoption patterns of diversified farming systems emerge: farmers make forward looking decisions but ecosystems can be slow to respond

Our new paper out today in @JAppliedEcology suggests that conserving habitat around farms can support bird conservation, mitigate food safety risks, and decrease crop damage from birds. https://t.co/16U479nubZ

A new tool created by ESPM faculty & students aims to support instructors in developing #anti-racist approaches to course design and teaching. https://t.co/qroLZ4F2QD @UCBerkeley @benjaminblonder @bowleslab @ManuGiro @trevorkeenan @MJMascarenhas @alexzebra321 @prettynwhitty

Water stress and disruption of mycorrhizas induce parallel shifts in phyllosphere microbiome composition @DebrayReena @yvonnesocolar @soilsandbees @_cathyhernandez @bowleslab @bkoskella https://t.co/1qErgVIx15

Check out the #HealthySoils progress with @famfarms @bowleslab #notill project #HealthySoilsWeek2021 #HSW21 https://t.co/5ls40uzPbH

Congrats @soilsandbees for your paper on the list!!