Sainte-Basile Passekeag What goes on beneath the surface of the soil in a farmers’ field is a bit of a mystery to those passing by on the highway. But earlier this week, Living Lab New Brunswick (LLNB) unearthed part of the secret when it dug up over 25 cotton T-shirts buried in farmers’ fields earlier […]
Getting their hands dirty, Living Lab New Brunswick (LLNB) launched its Soil Your T-Shirt initiative for 2025. Staff and site contractors buried over 25 100% cotton T-shirts at living lab sites throughout New Brunswick. Burying the T-shirts tests beneficial management practices (BMPs) being developed in the living lab to sequester carbon and reduce greenhouse gas […]
This past summer, we kicked off the “Soil Your T-Shirt” project, using simple cotton tees as a way to represent the scientific research into healthy soil happening across farms participating in Living Lab – New Brunswick. By planting T-shirts in the same parts of the fields where farmers are comparing different beneficial management practices—we aimed […]
