The Soil Food Web Complete Practicum

Become An Agent of Change

Have a Soil Food Web expert mentor by your side as you master the skills needed to assess soil biology, breed additional beneficial biology, multiply and apply those microbes, and prove your skill in regenerating soil with a real world project you can put on your resume!

All 4 Advanced Programs are bundled into one proven path to ensure you are prepared to become a Soil Food Web Consultant.

  • Soil Microscopy
  • BioComplete™ Compost Production
  • Biological Liquid Amendments
  • Field Trial

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Pathway

The Soil Food Web Complete Practicum brings together all four Advanced Courses into one cohesive learning journey designed to speed the pathway to becoming a Soil Food Web Consultant

Designed for farmers, growers, and current or future agricultural professionals who are serious about transforming how they work with living soil.

This is a hands-on, science-grounded experience driven by you and your assigned One-On-One Expert Mentor and built around your real land, your real challenges, and your real goals.

By the time you're done, you won't just understand the role and importance of the Soil Food Web in our food systems and ecological restoration, you'll know how to read it, build it, feed it, and work with it through every growing season.

The mission of the Soil Food Web Foundation is to help individuals and organizations regenerate soil in their communities. Our Advanced Programs have been redesigned to help us reach that goal.

Learning Path

Become a Soil Food Web Consultant

The Soil Food Web Complete Practicum is the most direct path to a fulfilling career as a regenerative professional. Designed for farmers, growers, and consultants who are serious about transforming the way they work with living soil.

WHATS INCLUDED:

  • 🔬 Soil Microscopy — $1,250 value
    See the life in your soil with your own eyes. Build the observational skills to assess biological health and guide every management decision that follows.
  • 🌿 BioComplete™ Compost Production — $1,250 value
    Learn to make compost that's genuinely alive — and calibrated to what your soil actually needs.
  • 💧 Biological Liquid Amendments — $1,250 value
    Design and brew site-specific liquid amendments to rapidly introduce and multiply beneficial biology.
  • 🌾 Field Trials — $1,250 value
    Apply everything across a full growing season, guided by mentors, grounded in your own land.

Bundle & Save $1000

  • Downloadable Resources

    Complete course with downloadable education materials to supplement the video lessons and provide variable learning tools for a better student outcome.

  • Mentorship Without Limits

    You won't be watching a clock or counting hours. Enroll in the Complete Practicum and you get the support you need to actually complete each course — with access to your primary mentor and the full mentorship team through regularly scheduled office hours.

  • Certificates of Completion

    Gain globally recognized validation with your certificate of completion. Our standards are rigorous. By passing all four courses in this practicum, you will have proven without a doubt that you not only understand but can also apply the Soil Food Web approach.

  • Built for real-world application

    Every element of the program has been designed around practical outcomes — not excessive academic exercises or red tape. You'll graduate with skills you can put to work the next day.

  • Developed by the founders of the Soil Food Web Approach.

    The Soil Food Web School was founded by Dr. Elaine Ingham, the world's leading authority on soil biology. These programs represent decades of scientific research, field experience, and teaching refined into a rigorous, accessible curriculum.

  • A global community of practitioners.

    When you enroll, you join a worldwide network of farmers, consultants, and land stewards working toward the same goal: living soil, regenerated land, and a more resilient food system.

What Others Are Saying

“Dr. Elaine’s™ Soil Food Web Approach is an effective and viable means of rapidly regenerating agricultural soils, enabling farmers to operate without the use of chemical inputs, thus protecting the world’s waterways, insect and animal populations. Restoring the Soil Food Web to agricultural soils restores productivity and profitability to agriculture and results in substantial levels of carbon sequestration, and has the potential, if implemented on a global scale, to return atmospheric carbon to the safe level as identified by the IPCC.”

Dr. David Johnson

“Our farm was in serious trouble, but after implementing the SFW approach we increased our yield by 150% in a single season, and we were very successful to repeat this approach on different soils at different farms achieving excellent results. We also cut many input costs such as fertilizers by at least 60%. We continue to monitor and move our soils to a much better place, production continues to increase while many other benefits become apparent such as, reduced disease, improved crop resistance to cold and/or heat, improved drainage, reduced soil salts, as well as improved water holding capacity and at the same time achieving improved taste as well as better shelf life.”

Shane Plath

“One of my clients out in the Midwest does soy and corn. In 3 years they completely eliminated Roundup… switched over to non GMO, and just that alone had saved them over $1M… What business can you go into, make money, and yet you’re giving back to society? You’re giving back to the environment and you’re giving back to your children.”

Todd Harrington

“I plan to use what I learned here to help with my vegetable growing. At work, I hope to establish a composting production facility and develop teas to help the vitality of the trees I manage, giving them a biological boost to make them more resilient to climate change. I’m not sure if I’ll become a consultant, but I want the learning and to practice skills in compost production, and to share that information with my team.”

Geoff Welsh

“I’ve found my people here—mentors and participants who share my genuine desire to do the right thing for the planet, to build soil and support ecosystems. In other contexts—conferences, tree or plant groups—I often feel isolated because approaches tend to be chemical-based. Here, I feel fully aligned with everyone’s values. ”

Raven Sterling

“I started with the foundation course, then did the Advanced Courses. So my journey has been from foundation to consultant. I want to go deeper in the subject and share this information with fellow farmers in Canada, South India, and elsewhere because this knowledge is too valuable to keep to myself.”

Patrik Thomas

“The ultimate goal is only one thing, it's written on the website of Soil Food Web. I think it's so touching and important. It says "bringing soil back to life." Thankfully with this where you can achieve this. Farmers will benefit, because they reduce their cost and increase their incomes.”

Dr. Lu Hongyan

Program Prerequisites

The Complete Practicum is designed to help graduates of the Soil Food Web Foundations courses turn theory and methodology into expertise through practice and expert guidance.

  • Complete the Soil Food Web Foundation Courses (FC1–FC4)

  • Achieve a score on the knowledge checks of at least 90% in the Foundation Courses

  • Have access to a microscope and compatible camera setup for observing soil microorganisms

Frequently Asked Questions

Discover if this is the right path for you

  • How does this relate to the CTP or CLP programs of the past?

    Our Consultant Training Programs and Certified Lab Program are legacy names that have been replaced by our new Advanced programs. The educational material follows the same learning path, but we provide extended access to Mentor guidance and have renamed them to align more closely with what is learned in each section, rather than what career path someone may choose to pursue with the education they gain here. To claim that you are a Soil Food Web Consultant, one must complete and pass all four of our Advanced Courses: Soil Microscopy, BioComplete™ Compost, Biological Liquid Amendments, & Field Trial.

  • Is there a guarantee?

    We provide a 30-day no-questions-asked money-back guarantee.

  • What do I get when I complete the course?

    Every AP Course provides the opportunity to receive a certificate of completion. If you pass all four, you receive a certificate that says you are a Soil Food Web Consultant.

  • Can I select a mentor of my preference?

    Currently, mentors are assigned based on their availability and paired to students in relation to their time zones and language preferences. All of our mentors are highly qualified.

  • Will I need to buy equipment to complete the program?

    You will need to have several pieces of equipment available to you in order to complete each Advanced Course. The precise budget will depend on the size of your final project and your current equipment access.. Your mentor will be able to advise you on equipment selection. The minimum requirements are likely to cost around $1,000.

  • Can a partner join me in this program?

    We would love for you to invite your partner and anyone else who is interested in restoring our world's soils. They will, however, need to enroll as students separately. Currently, our system is designed for 1:1 interactions. You must be an enrolled CTP student to take part in any meeting.

  • What is the average time investment for someone to complete this course?

    The amount of time required depends on your other commitments. Some students have completed all 4 Advanced courses (the Complete Practicum) in 1 year, but most take longer, with the average being about two years.

  • Who is this course designed for?

    This program is ideal if you: Farm or manage land and want to make biology-informed decisions with confidence. Work as an agricultural consultant and want to add biological soil health to your practice. Are transitioning away from synthetic inputs and need a science-based roadmap. Want to learn by doing - guided, supported, and at your own pace.

  • Is there a time limit to complete the entire practicum?

    While you will retain access to the course materials and community for as long as the program remains supported in our organization, you will have a set time frame to access your mentor. That time frame is 42 months (3.5 years) from the date of enrollment.