Compost “Tea Talk” - Healthy Soil is Alive! August 11 @ Noon
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August 2, 2023
Healthy Soil is Alive! Virtual On-Farm Community Compost Discussion
Curious about the invisible world of soil microorganisms? Join the Composting Association of Vermont (CAV) for its next Compost "Tea Talk" event on August 11th, from noon-1 pm, titled “As Above, So Below: A Whole Systems Perspective on Soil Ecology.”
Special guest Lynn Fang, a soil scientist who runs the Soil Sessions Community Microscopy program at LA Compost, will share a whole systems perspective of how aboveground design and management practices influence soil health, structure, and microbial ecology, and vice versa. We'll explore soil microbes and microscopy, and there will be plenty of time for Q&A and discussion.
Ms. Fang, who received her MS in Plant and Soil Science from the University of Vermont, specializes in soil and compost ecology for composting, regenerative farming, bioremediation, and native habitat restoration projects, integrating biological, chemical, and ecological indicators for a holistic view of soil health. Her Climatebase Founding Fellow Capstone Project: "SoilQuest: Soil Microbial Indicators of Carbon Sequestration," identified microbial origins of soil C content from genetic sequencing analysis.
CAV's free virtual events offer farmers and farm advisors opportunities to share information about on-farm food scrap composting and hear from experts on a range of topics. Funded by a USDA Rural Utility Services Solid Waste Management Grant Program, CAV's On-Farm Community-Scale Food Scrap and Agricultural Organic Waste Management in Vermont and New Hampshire involves working with seven small, diversified farms which have established compost operations and offer food scraps collection opportunities in their communities.
Register for this free event on August 11 on Eventbrite.
This webinar will be recorded and posted on a web-based multimedia toolkit which provides technical support and training for community-oriented food scrap composting and manure management on farms in rural and small communities throughout the U.S. at www.onfarmcomposting.org.
The Compost "Tea Talks" recordings and topic-centered videos can be found on the CAV YouTube channel.