Comparing Properties in Ubran and No-Till Soils
Hannah Furniss, Amos Darnell, Timothy A. Brown
Murray State's Digital Commons (Murray State University)
Urban Farm DB summary
A study on urban soils in Calloway County, Kentucky, aimed at determining the differences between urban soils and traditional agricultural fields to assess the viability of urban agriculture as a food source and whether urban agriculture systems could be modeled for broader application. Using a no-till soybean field as a conventional-agriculture control, the researchers compared a developed urban garden (growing food and other plants) and a managed residential turf lawn, taking 36 disturbed and undisturbed soil samples in triplicate from depths of 0-7.5 cm and 7.5-15 cm, measuring organic matter, water holding capacity, field capacity, bulk density, porosity, and pH. As of the abstract, results were stated to be presented on a poster and no specific figures were given.