Course curriculum

    1. About The Foundation Courses (FC)

    2. About Your Instructor

    3. Outline and Objectives

    4. Instructions for Students

    5. FC1 Course Manual

    1. Lecture 1: Soil: Two Opposing Definitions

    2. Quiz 1

    3. Lecture 2: Understanding the Components of Soil

    4. Quiz 2

    5. Lecture 3: Soil Assessment Methods

    6. Quiz 3

    7. Lecture 4: Plant Physiology & Biochemistry

    8. Quiz 4

    9. Lecture 5: What Went Wrong: The History of Agriculture

    10. Quiz 5

    1. Lecture 6: Nutrient Cycling

    2. Quiz 6

    3. Lecture 7: Compaction and Anaerobic Conditions

    4. Quiz 7

    5. Lecture 8: Disease Suppression

    6. Quiz 8

    7. Lecture 9: Structure (Part 1)

    8. Quiz 9

    9. Lecture 10: Structure (Part 2)

    10. Quiz 10

    11. Lecture 11: Weeds & Succession (Part 1)

    12. Quiz 11

    13. Lecture 12: Weeds & Succession (Part 2)

    14. Quiz 12

    15. Lecture 13: The Nitrogen Cycle

    16. Quiz 13

    17. Lecture 14: Carbon Sequestration and The Carbon Cycle

    18. Quiz 14

    1. Lecture 15: The History of the Soil Food Web (Part 1)

    2. Quiz 15

    3. Lecture 16: The History of the Soil Food Web (Part 2)

    4. Quiz 16

    1. Lecture 17: Bacteria

    2. Quiz 17

    3. Lecture 18: Fungi

    4. Quiz 18

    5. Lecture 19: Mycorrhizal Fungi

    6. Quiz 19

    7. Lecture 20: Protozoa

    8. Quiz 20

    9. Lecture 21: Nematodes

    10. Quiz 21

    1. Lecture 22: Making BioComplete™ Soil Amendments

    2. Quiz 22

    3. Lecture 23: The Site Assessment

    4. Quiz 23

    5. Lecture 24: Application Methods and the Biological Plan

    6. Quiz 24

    7. Lecture 25: Case Studies: Camperdown Dairy Farm, Table Grapes in Australia

    8. Quiz 25

    9. Lecture 26: Case Studies: Umbhaba Estates, Governor’s Island

    10. Quiz 26

    11. Lecture 27: Case Studies: Ukraine, Cannabis Farms, Tomato Farm

    12. Quiz 27

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The Soil Food Web is Nature’s Operating System

There is no better way to grow plants than the way which nature herself has devised. In the Foundation Courses you will learn the underpinning science of the soil food web, delivered in an easy to understand series of lectures, specially designed for those with no scientific/agricultural background.

  • Protect Insects & Plants

  • Prevent Soil Erosion

  • Clean Rivers & Oceans

  • Carbon Sequestration