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Kiara Boone (not Pamela who is pictured above) shared the importance of acknowledging our nation's history.

Review: Soil Summit 2.0 – Terroir

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Last week I attended the Urban Soil Summit 2.0, a deeper look into soil and how to bring it back to life. This year's theme was Terroir, a sense of place. Terroir encompasses the environmental conditions (soil, terrain, water, climate) that effect the flavor of whatever is grown there. For the Urban Soil Summit 2.0 humans are very much included in terroir. Two days of mind-blowing, bigger-than-us discussion is difficult to summarize. For those not familiar with the Urban Soil…

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What we need to design our gardens to deal with our storm water

Urban Soil Summit Review – Part 2

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It's time for more details from the Urban Soil Summit, following Part 1 of our review of the event. Day 2 was just as mind-blowing as Day 1, but the focus was on ideas that could be labeled as fringe or even controversial. Still, all the speakers were enlightening and we came away with more inspiration to share. The day also proved to be more emotional than the day before. It all started with Finian Makepeace of Kiss the Ground.…

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Dr. Elaine Ingham shares the amazing restoration work she's doing.

Urban Soil Summit Review – Part 1

Continue ReadingUrban Soil Summit Review – Part 1

If you've ever wanted to know how soil works and what's going on underground in your garden, a Soil Summit is a great place to start. It is impossible to summarize the whole of the Urban Soil Carbon Water Summit (Soil Summit for short) that I attended last week in one blog post. So I won't. I can, however, share the highlights from the first part of the first day which featured talks from Dr. Elaine Ingham and Ray Archuleta.…

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