Steve Diver -- The Three Pillars of Eco-Agriculture: Soil biology (part 3 of 4)
Channel: Bionutrient Food Association
Date: 22/07/2021

Part 3: Soil biology, humus management, and carbon farming
In this third lecture on the three pillars of eco-agriculture, Steve will focus on soil biology and humus management, aka organic matter management or carbon farming. While the soil food web first gained traction in the 1990s, eco-agriculture and it’s cousin, biodynamic farming, had already been pushing the integration of soil biology, mineralization, microbial inoculants, and humic acids for several decades. While pioneers like Elaine Ingham are well known, others including Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, Selman Waksman, Raul H. France, and a host of eco-farming consultants and practitioners have made monumental contributions to microbial farming. From humus farming to regenerative agriculture, the basis of soil health is creation of good soil biota habitat through biological farming practices that include crop rotations, compost, cover crops, reduced tillage, organic mulches, integrated crop-livestock, and microbial and carbon soil amendments.

2021 Soil & Nutrition Conference  -  https://soilandnutrition.org/
Hosted by the Bionutrient Food Association  -  https://bionutrient.org/