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Fungi, and other organisms in a healthy and thriving soil ecosystem are important, including bacteria, protozoa, and nematodes. If plant roots represent the highways of the soil food web, fungi are the side roads, ensuring that resources like sugar are transported to the essential workforce of diverse microorganisms. Fungal biomass is also one of the key factors for soil aggregation, helping to maintain a stable and aerobic environment.
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The Soil Food Web School’s mission is to empower individuals and organizations to regenerate the soils in their communities. The Soil Food Web Approach can dramatically accelerate soil regeneration projects by focussing on the soil biome. This can boost the productivity of farms, provide supernutritious foods, protect and purify waterways, and reduce the effects of Climate Change. No background in farming or biology is required for our Foundation Courses. Classes are online & selfpaced, and students are supported by highlytrained Soil Food Web School mentors.
About our speakers:
Dr. Adam Cobb's passion for agriculture emerged during his several months of volunteer work on organic farms in New Zealand. His time in graduate school cultivated a broad vision for the restoration of living soils, as well as the power of research and community engagement to address global food production challenges. He joined the Soil Food Web School in 2021, following his dream to help regenerate soils, improve human nutrition, and heal our planet.
Dr. Carla Portugal is a Consultant Training Program Instructor and researcher, at the Soil Food Web School. Since she can remember, Carla was attracted to all life forms but the small and microscopic ones always had a special place in her heart. Carla has a keen interest in the connections between soil microorganisms and how nutrient cycling affects the nutritional value of plants.
Brian came from a background in IT and now runs a successful consultancy (Sprouting Soils) in California.
Over the last four decades, Dr. Elaine Ingham has advanced our knowledge of the Soil Food Web. An internationallyrecognized leader in soil microbiology, Dr. Ingham has collaborated with other scientists and with farmers around the world to further our understanding of how soil organisms work together and with plants. Dr. Ingham is an author of the USDA's Soil Biology Primer and a founder of the Soil Food Web School.
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