Farmers & Ranchers
Make better decisions with local data, field trials, and practical insights.
Open collaboration for measurable soil improvement
Turn soil observations into shared evidence.
OpenSoil connects farmers, scientists, and developers to ask better questions, run field trials, analyze data together, and build tools that strengthen soil and food systems.
Ask a Soil QuestionGet help from the community
Explore Field EvidenceSee real projects and results
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Your data, your choice
Transparent methods
A place for practical and technical knowledge
Who OpenSoil is for
Gardeners
Improve your soil, grow healthier food, and share what you learn.
Soil Scientists
Validate methods, review evidence, and advance soil knowledge.
Developers
Build open tools, analyze data, and contribute reusable solutions.
Chemists & Analysts
Collaborate on indicators, interpretation, units, and data quality.
Open evidence in action
Real questions. Real farms. Transparent results.
Demonstration project
Corn Silage — Compost & Zinc Trial
Central Utah, USAShared by Jenkins Farm2024 mock data
- Crop
- Corn silage
- Soil type
- Calcareous silt loam
- Practices
- Compost, zinc foliar
- Replications
- 4
Dry yield
8.5
dry tons/acre
Soil organic carbon
1.82
percent
Infiltration
3.6
inches/hour
Dry yield comparison (dry tons/acre)
8.0
8.3
8.2
8.5
ControlCompostZinc foliarCompost + zinc
Transparency note: All values in this preview are demonstration data and are not verified field measurements.
View the complete demonstration project →Structured for comparison
Measurements retain their units, sampling depth, date, location context, laboratory method, and quality status. Download and API features are planned.
Versioned methods
Each method will identify its sampling procedure, instruments, units, calculation formula, source, license, limitations, and revision history.
Results need context
OpenSoil will show positive, negative, and inconclusive outcomes alongside uncertainty and review status—not just headline results.
From observation to action
How OpenSoil works
A shared workflow keeps practical questions connected to methods, measurements, and results.
1. Collect & upload
Add soil tests, observations, and management history.
2. Standardize
Use open formats so data can be compared and reused.
3. Collaborate
Ask questions and design field trials together.
4. Analyze
Use transparent tools and code to explore results.
5. Improve
Measure progress and build the next better decision.
Trust, quality, and your data
Evidence is only useful when people can trust it
You own your data
Keep it private, share with a group, anonymize, or publish.
Transparent methods
Sampling and calculations are documented and versioned.
Community review
Review status is visible and never overstated.
Clear labels
Measured, modeled, calculated, observed, or AI-assisted.
Privacy by design
Exact field locations are optional, not assumed.
Founding team
Built by family. Rooted in the farm.
Christopher and James Jenkins grew up around the family farm and are building OpenSoil to connect software, soil knowledge, and the practical economics of keeping a farm healthy for the next generation.
Co-founder · Vision and farm operations
James Jenkins
James is driven by curiosity about soil science and a desire to make complex chemistry and mathematics easier to connect to field decisions. His focus is helping growers improve yield while staying grounded in input costs, rotations, seed, and long-term soil health.
Read James's story →
Co-founder · Backend engineering
Christopher Jenkins
Chris brings a backend developer's discipline to OpenSoil, helping build the website and shape the platform's technical foundation. A family man who enjoys the outdoors, he cares about dependable systems that remain useful for years.
Read Chris's story →Building in public
A founding community, not fabricated scale
OpenSoil is at an early stage. Progress will be reported through pilot projects, initial datasets, disciplines represented, and a public roadmap.
Founding membersGrowers, researchers, and builders
Pilot projectsReal workflows before big claims
Initial datasetsDocumented provenance and methods
Public roadmapPriorities open to community input
Help build the foundation
Ready to get involved?
OpenSoil is being shaped with land stewards, scientists, educators, analysts, and developers. Bring a question, a method, a dataset, or your experience.
AskAdd context to a soil question.
TestPlan a credible field trial.
SharePublish methods and evidence.