National Land and Water Information Service: Health of our Soils

The Health of our Soils:
Toward sustainable agriculture in Canada

D.F. Acton and L.J. Gregorich (editors)

Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research
Research Branch
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Publication 1906/E
1995

Table of Contents

Map: Soils of Canada

Foreword (Hon. H.O. Sparrow)

Preface (D.F. Acton)

Executive summary (D.F. Acton/L.J. Gregorich)

Introduction (L.J. Gregorich)

Chapters

Chapter 1 - Understanding soil health (D.F. Acton/L.J. Gregorich)
Chapter 2 - Developments and effects of farming in Canada (D.F. Acton)
Chapter 3 - A geographical framework for assessing soil quality (K.B. MacDonald et al.)
Chapter 4 - Benchmark sites for monitoring soil quality (C. Wang et al.)
Chapter 5 - Changes in soil organic matter (E.G. Gregorich et al.)
Chapter 6 - Changes in soil structure (G.C. Topp et al.)
Chapter 7 - Erosion (G.J. Wall et al.)
Chapter 8 - Salinization of soil (R.G. Eilers et al.)
Chapter 9 - Contamination of agricultural soils (M.D. Webber/S.S. Singh)
Chapter 10 - Agrochemical entry into groundwater (W.D. Reynolds et al.)

Summary (L.J. Gregorich/D.F. Acton)

Additional reading

Author affiliations

Map: Terrestrial ecozones of Canada