No matter the origin, once these materials become soil, we classify them based on particle size. The largest particles are sand, the smallest (or finest) are clay, and silt falls somewhere in between.

It is a fine, dark loam, a foot, and often two feet thick.” Last month, the heirs to Smith's enthusiasm met in a hotel room in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the World Congress of Soil Science.

Legacy Taste of the Garden and the People’s Cooperative Market hosted their second annual Bloomington Black Loam Conference. Many farmers came together to share information, resources, and their ...