Building a Biological Powerhouse in Your Soil Webinar Series

Building truly healthy soils can unlock tremendous symbiotic benefits from the relationship between plants and microbes, including highly nutrient-dense produce, carbon sequestration, water retention, and resilience in the face of stress, extreme weather, and pest and disease pressure. The use of compost extracts, compost teas, and other low-cost amendments to inoculate soils with beneficial microbes is a growing soil health practice with incredible potential. Backed by fascinating emerging science and proven through remarkable in-field results, these practices can be done at any scale and in any context, from backyard gardens to large commercial pastures, orchards, and vineyards.

This webinar series will explore the science behind the workings of soil microbes, and why microbial inoculants are so effective in plant and soil health; describe and / or demonstrate practical, low-cost methods of creating quality composts and extracts; and share case studies and success stories of farmers using microbial inoculants on their farms.

Who will benefit from this series?

Any growers of plants, particularly in a commercial setting; emphasis will be placed on pastures, row crops, and vineyards, while offering tips to the backyard gardener or homesteader as well. Soil is soil, and the same principles apply across scales and crop types.

Topics covered:

Session 1: Practical Processes for Cultivating Beneficial Microbes (May 27 @ 11 PST)

• Webinar series intro 

• Intro to soil microbes 

• Cultivating microbes through composting – Sanctuary Farms 

• Biodynamic composting — Cure Soil

• Vermicomposting 

• Q & A 

Session 2: Infusing Your Soil and Plants with Beneficial Microbes (July 15 @ 11 PST)

• Webinar series intro 

• Intro to soil microbes recap 

• Creating and applying compost extracts 

• Differences and use cases for compost extracts and teas 

• Compost extract case studies 

• Korean natural farming 

• Q & A