Soil Erosion Risk Factors and the Impacts of Diversification on Organic Strawberry Farms along California’s Central Coast

Soil erosion is a major issue that threatens to undermine our current system of agriculture. Due to the fact that this system is in turn the number one cause of erosion, agricultural practices in the United States need to be rethought. This study explores how traditional ideas of erosion risks are r...

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Main Author:	Sterner, Kay
Format:	Others
Published:	Scholarship @ Claremont 2017
Subjects:	Strawberry farms diversification diversified farming systems soil erosion risk California Central Coast Agriculture Biodiversity Environmental Sciences Soil Science Sustainability
Online Access:	http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/174 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1173&context=pomona_theses

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spelling	ndltd-CLAREMONT-oai-scholarship.claremont.edu-pomona_theses-11732017-02-09T03:30:48Z Soil Erosion Risk Factors and the Impacts of Diversification on Organic Strawberry Farms along California’s Central Coast Sterner, Kay Soil erosion is a major issue that threatens to undermine our current system of agriculture. Due to the fact that this system is in turn the number one cause of erosion, agricultural practices in the United States need to be rethought. This study explores how traditional ideas of erosion risks are related to observed erosion on organic strawberry farms along California’s Central Coast. In addition, diversified farming systems are addressed as a possible solution for the current unsustainability of our farming practices. The data from this research suggest that diversity of crops on farms could be linked to less soil erosion. These results are promising for the future of diversification as a new framework for agriculture. 2017-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/174 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1173&context=pomona_theses © 2016 Kay E. Sterner default Pomona Senior Theses Scholarship @ Claremont Strawberry farms diversification diversified farming systems soil erosion risk California Central Coast Agriculture Biodiversity Environmental Sciences Soil Science Sustainability
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description	Soil erosion is a major issue that threatens to undermine our current system of agriculture. Due to the fact that this system is in turn the number one cause of erosion, agricultural practices in the United States need to be rethought. This study explores how traditional ideas of erosion risks are related to observed erosion on organic strawberry farms along California’s Central Coast. In addition, diversified farming systems are addressed as a possible solution for the current unsustainability of our farming practices. The data from this research suggest that diversity of crops on farms could be linked to less soil erosion. These results are promising for the future of diversification as a new framework for agriculture.
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title	Soil Erosion Risk Factors and the Impacts of Diversification on Organic Strawberry Farms along California’s Central Coast
title_short	Soil Erosion Risk Factors and the Impacts of Diversification on Organic Strawberry Farms along California’s Central Coast
title_full	Soil Erosion Risk Factors and the Impacts of Diversification on Organic Strawberry Farms along California’s Central Coast
title_fullStr	Soil Erosion Risk Factors and the Impacts of Diversification on Organic Strawberry Farms along California’s Central Coast
title_full_unstemmed	Soil Erosion Risk Factors and the Impacts of Diversification on Organic Strawberry Farms along California’s Central Coast
title_sort	soil erosion risk factors and the impacts of diversification on organic strawberry farms along california’s central coast
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Soil Erosion Risk Factors and the Impacts of Diversification on Organic Strawberry Farms along California’s Central Coast

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