Soil Testing

  • Buxton Hollow Farm Natural Products (Woonsocket)

    • Buxton Hollow Farm Natural Products provides services and products that work with nature to rebuild your soil.  Their minerals, amendments, and custom products replace what human activity, like synthetic fertilizer use, has depleted or killed in the soil.


  • Logan Labs

    • Logan Labs is a trusted soil testing service based in Lakeview, OH. Services include Standard Soil, Standard Water, Saturated Paste, Tissue, and Physical tests. Samples for routine analysis are usually completed in 3 to 4 days from receipt, with reports delivered by email.


  • UMass Amherst

    • As of 2026, UMass Amherst’s Soil and Plant Nutrient Testing Laboratory offers includes testing including routine soil fertility, soil organic matter nitrate, soluble salts, particle size analysis, saturated media, and total sorbed metals, as well as soil total carbon, organic carbon, and inorganic carbon analysis. Samples for routine analysis are usually completed in 6 to 10 business days.

  • University of Rhode Island (URI) 

    • URI offers free soil testing for residential, school, and community gardens. URI Master Gardeners Program volunteers will conduct soil-testing and provide recommendations for Rhode Islanders and surrounding area residents until November.