Soil health through farmers’ eyes: Toward a better understanding of how farmers view, value, and manage for healthier soils

Rachel M. Irvine has a Master of Science in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and is an environmental researcher at the Environmental Resilience Institute and at The O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Matthew Houser is an applied social scientist and regenerative agricultural fellow dually appointed at The Nature Conservancy Maryland/DC Chapter and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences, Horn Point Laboratory, Easton, Maryland. Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt is a professor in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences and the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Glade Bogar is a postdoctoral researcher at Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Lana G. Bolin is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Biology at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Elizabeth Grennan Browning is an assistant professor in the Department of History at University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. Sarah E. Evans is an associate professor at Michigan State University’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station in southwest Michigan, and a member of the Department of Integrative Biology and the Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Program, Hickory Corners, Michigan. Mia M. Howard is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Biology at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Jennifer A. Lau is an associate professor in the Department of Biology at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Jay T. Lennon is a professor in the Department of Biology at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.