Introducing the 2025 Mini-Grant Projects: Solutions for Healthier Soils

This year’s mini-grant recipients are addressing some of New York’s most pressing soil health challenges, including testing mulching materials to reduce erosion, exploring non-chemical methods for controlling invasive weeds, monitoring under-vine cover crops in vineyards, and creating educational tools like a guide to cover cropping for community gardens. Updates on their progress will be shared in the coming months.

Here are the seven projects selected for 2025, and the soil health solutions they aim to achieve:

Organizing On-Farm Soil Health Demonstrations and Field Day for Northern New York