The Soil Health Research and Extension Center (SHREC) is a cross-disciplinary research and extension hub focused on integrative soil health, offering comprehensive testing services to address stakeholder and researcher needs. SHREC provides results, recommendations, and education to Vermont farmers and agricultural service providers.
SHREC Lab
The Soil Health Research and Extension Center will have a wide variety of soil health testing capabilities including:
- soil respiration
- phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) to measure fungal to bacterial ratios
- Biologically active carbon (POXC)
- aggregate stability
- autoclaved citrate extractable (ACE) protein
- total carbon and total nitrogen
- available water capacity
- and other testing
In addition to soil health testing, SHREC will provide applied research, outreach, and education throughout the state.
Contact
The first phase of the lab will be functional by fall 2024, but Vermont farmers and agricultural service providers can start connecting with the lab now.
Joshua Faulkner - Research Associate Professor
Deb Neher - Professor, Plant and Soil Science