ESSENTIAL VIDEOS, PODCASTS, ARTICLES AND BLOGS
A Suburban Garden Study This controlled scientific experiment was performed at the Living Soil Network’s demonstration garden in South Portland, Maine. It clearly demonstrates the success of using microbes to transform compacted dirt into vibrant productive soil in one calendar year. The photos alone tell the story. Click here to read the full report.
An Introduction to the Soil Food Web by the pioneering scientist who invented the term, the brilliant Dr. Elaine Ingham.
These short videos explain soil ecosystem functions in simple short clips.
Dr. David Johnson
Dr. David Johnson shares his work and astonishing discoveries of the last 20 plus years. This is an incredible YouTube presentation which documents many of the known and some of the not so well known beneficial effects of establishing a healthy soil ecosystem. A must watch for anyone serious about growing with the soil food web approach Dr. David Johnson video
Symbiotic Earth is a very special film about the life of microbiologist Lynn Margulis. This beautiful documentary explains Dr. Margulis’ paradigm shifting discoveries about the role of microbes in evolution. This film challenges each of us to consider whether we are indeed individual beings, or are we, as science now indicates, a “consortium of thousands of different organisms”?
Walter Jehne, an Australian soil scientist, explains how we can cool the planet with soil and water. For those who are seriously interested in the bigger picture of how earth and water elements may be employed to rapidly cool the planet. Please watch Jehne’s long lecture on the soil carbon sponge. It is perhaps the most important lecture on climate change being given today!
Regenerative Agriculture This short video is a simple but profound introduction illustrating how plants and soil microbes work together to take co2 from the atmosphere and store it as stable, soil carbon . It is sponsored by NOFA Massachusetts.
holistically grazed land on the left
Animals, Grasslands and Cooling the Planet This is a link to a well known YouTube video by Alan Savory, who has done truly extraordinary work in land regeneration by using grazing animals. His practices are now being used successfully on 40 million acres worldwide. Find out how grazing animals can be a powerful solution and not just part of the problem.
https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_revers…
Compost Making A good video on making microbial rich compost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jErga1eP718
More About Compost Making This is an excellent detailed article on Dr. Elaine Ingham’s methods of making compost. It covers all the main types of compost making.
Worm Composting A good video on composting with worms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_8DHVWFzTQ