By Owen Habluzel, Permaculture Research Institute USA
“A wise person once said that soil is not only more
complex than we know, it is more
complex than we can ever know! The good news is humans have lately
achieved a level of practically applicable knowledge and experience in soil
biology to be absolutely capable of massive, positive impacts on sustainable
soil use world-wide! It is undoubtedly true that we’ll never know
everything, but no matter – we already know enough to get very, very
busy! Renowned microbiologist Dr. Elaine
Ingham kicked off the West coast leg of the first-of-its-kind Carbon Economy Course
with a powerful three-day learning-fest centered on the soil food web. The
bionics of biology, miracles of super-charged soils, blessings of
extra-strength compost, and explosive results of super-activated compost teas
were all on abundant offer in this powerful course. Such topics sparked a
highly-charged, enlivening energy in the ‘brain-food-web’ of the
attending students, while setting an inspired tone for the modules to follow in
the series…”
Read the full article at:
http://www.permacultureusa.org/2009/11/07/soil-food-web-course-with-dr-elaine-ingham/
