(Video) A wealth of free video content from Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web School. The Soil Food Web School's mission is to empower individuals and organizations to regenerate the soils in their communities. The Soil Food Web Approach can dramatically accelerate soil regeneration projects by focussing on the soil biome. This can boost the productivity of farms, provide super-nutritious foods, protect and purify waterways, and reduce the effects of Climate Change.
Over the last four decades, Dr. Elaine Ingham has advanced our knowledge of the Soil Food Web. An internationally-recognized leader in soil microbiology, Dr. Ingham has collaborated with other scientists and with farmers around the world to further our understanding of how soil organisms work together and with plants. Dr. Ingham is an author of the USDA's Soil Biology Primer and a founder of the Soil Food Web School.
(Video) Matt Powers. Matt gathers regenerative soil knowledge from a broad spectrum and expands on this knowledge as well, even pioneering new methods of investigation. The books are great resources at a cost, but as for free education, these videos contain a wealth of diverse knowledge on regenerative soil and microscopy.
(Video) Professor Jonathan Russell-Anelli. Designed for students interested in a comprehensive introduction to soil science from both an environmental and plant management perspective. Divided into three units: (1) soil information unit introduces students to soil characterization, testing, mapping, classification, GIS, and land evaluation; (2) soil management unit addresses fertility, pest management, water, and microclimate, as well as erosion, conservation, pollution, and soil health; and (3) unit on the role of soils in ecosystems considers topics such as biodiversity, soils as sinks and sources of greenhouse gases, and the impact of soils on land use.
(Text) Guide to the Cornell approach, which covers soil health concepts, assessment, management and additional resources.
(Video) Olivier Husson. Understanding Redox Potential
Eh and pH as Indicators of Soil, Plant, and Animal Health and Quality
(Video) Dr. Lydia Jennings. Discussion of indigenous knowledge and importance, soil health, large scale extraction, greenwashing and rethinking sustainability
(Text) This primer provides the basic vocabulary and key concepts needed for further explorations in urban soil survey and for the development of interpretive guidelines for specific local uses by soil type. Many of the terms used in this publication are defined in the Glossary. The primer was produced by staff at the NRCS National Soil Survey Center with assistance from a cadre of NRCS field soil scientists. It is available as a printed booklet and as a compact disc (CD), or it may be downloaded from the NRCS Web site (http://soils.usda.gov/use).
(Text) Visual Soil Assessment is based on the visual assessment of key soil state and plant performance indicators of soil quality, presented on a scorecard. With the exception of soil texture, the soil indicators are dynamic indicators, i.e. capable of changing under different management regimes and land-use pressures. Being sensitive to change, they are useful early warning indicators of changes in soil condition and as such provide an effective monitoring tool.