{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "accrualPeriodicity": "irregular", "bureauCode": ["005:18"], "contactPoint": {"fn": "Hammond Wagner, Courtney R.", "hasEmail": "mailto:Courtney.Hammond-Wagner@usda.gov"}, "description": "<p dir=\"ltr\">Methodology for data collection and analysis is reported in: Hammond Wagner, C.R., White, A., Darby, H., Ewing, P., Faulkner, J., Fisher, B., Galford, G., Horner, C., Jones, W.D., Neher, D., Ritzenthaler, C., von Wettberg, E.B. & Zeraatpisheh, M. (2025). Holistic systems thinking underpins Vermont soil health practitioners\u2019 preferences and beliefs. <i>Soil Security</i>, 19, 100186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100186</p><p dir=\"ltr\">Data archival consists of data, R scripts, and R projects for the analysis of two surveys from Vermont, USA:</p><p dir=\"ltr\">Study 1: Vermont Soil Health Metrics Preferences Survey</p><ul><li>Data was collected in 2020</li><li>n = 62</li><li>Sample is a convenience sample of soil health practitioners, including farmers, researchers, government service providers, extension agents, technical service providers, and others</li><li>Dataset consists of quantitative closed ended ordinal and binary questions and qualitative open response questions</li><li>Questions cover soil health definitions, assessment methods, and preferred metrics for different decision contexts using the online Qualtrics survey platform.</li></ul><p><br></p><p dir=\"ltr\">Study 2: Vermont Farmer and Conservation and Payment for Ecosystem Services Survey</p><ul><li>Data was collected in 2022</li><li>n = 179</li><li>Sample is a convenience sample of Vermont farmers</li><li>Dataset consists of quantitative closed ended ordinal and binary questions</li><li>Questions cover farmers\u2019 soil health beliefs, stewardship motivations, farm demographics, and experience with soil testing</li></ul><p><br></p>", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/53903519", "format": "zip", "mediaType": "application/zip", "title": "HammondWagner_data_Soil_Security_Apr2025.zip"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/53904062", "format": "docx", "mediaType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document", "title": "READ ME.docx"}], "identifier": "10.15482/USDA.ADC/28723664.v1", "keyword": ["climate change", "conservation agriculture", "decision making", "farmer perceptions", "resilience", "soil health"], "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/", "modified": "2025-09-24", "programCode": ["005:040"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "Agricultural Research Service"}, "temporal": "2020-10-01/2022-04-30", "title": "Data, code, and outputs for: Holistic systems thinking underpins Vermont soil health practitioners\u2019 preferences and beliefs"}