Biological Farming Online Course Lesson: What is Healthy Soil?

Course Overview

How can this course benefit you and your career goals? This Biological Farming Online Course Lesson: What is Healthy Soil? can benefit an individual's career goals by providing them with a comprehensive understanding of the importance of healthy soil. It will help them to understand the various components of healthy soil, such as the role of organic matter, the importance of soil structure, and the impact of soil fertility on crop production. Additionally, the course will provide an understanding of the various methods of soil management, such as crop rotation, cover cropping, and composting. This knowledge can be applied to a variety of career paths, such as farming, gardening, landscaping, and environmental conservation. What skills and knowledge will you acquire during this course? By taking the Biological Farming Online Course Lesson: What is Healthy Soil?, students will acquire knowledge and skills related to soil health, such as key biological farming terms and the concept of a biological growing system, how to measure soil health, why some farmers till, and why no-till might work against a biological farming system, why biodiversity is important to managing weeds, and specific methods to controlling weeds without toxins, how to understand the difference between negative and beneficial insects in their fields, and be able to make the basic connection between soil health and pest and disease pressure, and how to build a biological farming system customized for their land, operation and goals. Additionally, students will learn from Gary Zimmer's experience and expertise in the field, as well as from the case studies and worksheets provided in the course.