Videos from the Citizen Science Soil Health Project - Citizen Science Soil Health Project

Soil health information from our annual classes is included in these videos.

Contract Grazing for Soil Health

Jason Condon of Isabelle Farms describes his contract grazing program on County Open Space irrigated cropland, using 40-550 head of cattle to graze wheat, corn residue and late season covers.

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Rotational Grazing on a Dairy Farm

Daphne Kingsley and Cameron Genter of Light Root Community Farm discuss their rotational grazing methods at their 65 acre draft-horse-powered raw milk dairy farm near Boulder Colorado.

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AMP (Adaptive Multi-Paddock) Grazing

Karel & Alice Starek of the Golden Hoof describe their use of AMP grazing with sheep, poultry and cattle on their 200 acre organic farm near Boulder Colorado.

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Rotational Grazing Q & A

Jason Condon, Karel Starek, and Cameron Genter answer questions about their fee structure for contract grazing, variability of soil testing results, stocking rates, fencing, learning curve, and bovine escapees.

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Improving Soil Health

Michael Moss of Kilt Farm near Boulder CO describes using the Albrecht Method of Soil Balancing to improve his soil's health with compost teas and sprays, cover crops, fungal soil inoculations, and re-mineralization.

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Severe Soil Erosion in Boulder, 12/17/25

Severe soil erosion on OSMP's Northern Grasslands with 70% prairie dog occupancy levels on 12/17/25. Current occupancy levels have devastating consequences for native plants , ground nesting birds, human health and soils.

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Aerated Composter

Farm manager Randy Pistacchio gives a detailed tour of Long's Iris Gardens' new aerated static pile composter, designed and funded with help from Eco-Cycle.

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Cover Crops I

Dale Strickler of Green Cover Seed discusses cover crops for the semi-arid Front Range.

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The Disappearing Kochia

Larry Lempka planted cover crops into his field of kochia. The kochia was gone when he harvested the cover crops at season’s end. Larry describes his process.

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Wood Chips on Hay Fields

Bill Howland of Nine Mile Ranch has been applying wood chips to his hay field to improve its soil health. Bill describes his soil testing results and process from 2019-2023.

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Haney Soil Test

Lance Gunderson of Regen Ag Lab explains the Haney soil test.

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Inter-cropping Corn

Zach Thode experimented with inter-planting alfalfa into corn for grazing. Zach describes how his experiment both failed, succeeded, and lessons learned.

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Organic Grain Storage

Dave Asbury of Full Circle Farms describes plans for his organic grain storage facility and the Boulder County Sustainability Grant funding he received for it.

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Lining Irrigation Ditches

3 Silver Lake Ditch board members describe lining 1.5 miles of ditch to maximize water yield.

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Free Grazing for Soil Health

Dan Murphy of Boulder Better Wagyu describes how he has increased his grazing acreage by offering to improve his neighbors’ soil in exchange for free grazing on their land.

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Soil Erosion on OSMP, 3/31/23

On 3/31/2023, high winds hit Stratton, a Boulder OSMP property purchased for $3.2 million and now occupied by uncontrolled prairie dogs, causing another severe dust storm.

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Cover Crops II

4 local CSSHP growers relate their experiences with cover crops on the Front Range.

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Water Conservation

Jules Van Thuyne discusses water conservation experiments conducted in his cornfield in 2022.

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Livestock Tire Tanks

Jerry DeBruyne describes the advantages and challenges of installing tire water tanks so he can rotationally graze his cattle, with the help of NRCS funding.

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