Tag: Honeoye

Real soils used to make state soil map of US… and guess which one’s stuck on NY!

Les Gregor is a Canadian artist who made this awesome soils map of the US, using the real state soil for each state: The Soil Science Society of America alerted me to this project, which has also been covered by Slate. You can actually order one for yourself if you want. What might be most exciting …

Shocking news: Honeoye soil about to be trampled on?!

After Canada abandoning the UNCCD, another shocking story this morning – NY Senator John J. Bonacic is trying to name a new NY state soil – the “black dirt” of Orange County, near NYC. Most audaciously, he’s trying to designate it as “the official home of the most fertile soil in the state of New …