Webinar – Organic Soil Management and Monitoring with Ruth Knight

Organic Soil Management

Webinar (online)

Online, March 26

Ruth Knight, Organic Soils Consultant, discussed organic soil management including:

• how soil health relates to soil function and crop productivity; and,

• water infiltration as an indicator of soil health including examples from a project in Ontario.

Webinar recording: Organic Management & Monitoring for Agricultural Soils 

Resources for Organic Growers (from Ruth Knight)

• United States Cooperative Extension – E-Organic – Soil Health and Organic Farming webinar series

• Singing Frogs Farm: example of no-till vegetable production 

• Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario –  Farmer led research projects (no-till vegetables and cereals)

• Rodale Institute – Regenerative Organic Agriculture 

RESOURCE LIST FOR SOIL HEALTH (from Ruth Knight)

• Soil Health Coalition

• Soil Carbon Coalition

• Regeneration Canada

• Didi Pershouse – Ecology of Care and Soil Health Manual

• Savory Institute Ecological Outcome Verification

• Soil Health Academy

• Walter Jehne – climate scientist and microbiologist – many YouTube videos available

• Film: Living Soil, A Documentary, by the Soil Health Institute

Date & time: Tuesday, March 26, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, PST

Presenter: Ruth Knight, P.Ag., organic soils consultant. Ruth has 30 years of experience working with rural community and farm organizations in Ontario. She teaches organic production design and is passionate about regenerative farming and soil management.