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Dear Subscribers,
Please see herebelow a communication from Don Reicosky regarding the soil
conference entiteled “Living Soil: A Universe Underfoot” held at Gustavus
Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, USA on 2-3 October, 2018.
Thank you Don for sharing.
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with other complementary good agricultural production and land management
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From: Don Reicosky <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 9:58 PM
Subject: “Living Soil: A Universe Underfoot” Conference
To: Don Reicosky <[log in to unmask]>
To all,
Subject: Information on videos from a soil conference
I had the good fortune of attending a very unique soil conference entitled
“Living Soil: A Universe Underfoot” held at Gustavus Adolphus College, a
liberal arts school located in St. Peter, Minnesota, USA on 2-3 October,
2018. There were 7 excellent, world-renowned speakers on various aspects
of soil science. Their speeches and PowerPoint presentations were recorded
for video presentation and serve as excellent learning/teaching tools for
the most recent information on our living soil systems.
The speakers and their title of the presentation follows:
Dr. David Montgomery. Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life
Dr. Claire Chenu. Organic Matter: A Soil-ution for Global Challenges
Dr. Rattan Lal. Soil Carbon Sequestration for Advancing Global Food
Security and Enhancing Resilience Against Climate Change
Dr. Frank Uekotter. Knowledge Is Power, and So Is Ignorance
Ray Archuleta. Healing the Land: One Heart, One Mind at a Time
Dr. Jack Gilbert. The Earth Microbiomes Project
Dr. Suzanne Simard. The Boundless Pathways of the Otherworld
General Information on the overall conference can be obtained at the
following link:
https://gustavus.edu/events/nobelconference/2018/
This link takes you to a brief description of the overall conference and
the list of speakers and a little about their credentials. Clicking on the
speaker’s name takes you to the YouTube website with the statement “You can
watch Ray Archuleta's lecture *online*
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwv-HJnGHMA&list=PLHuAoPzfQhGGKQhGpPo8hWwUwqk3rOzlN&t=0s&index=8>
“
Clicking the word “online” will take you directly to the YouTube video. The
times are listed to help you plan accordingly. Most of the presentations
ran between 45 and 50 minutes.
This process can be repeated for each of the 7 speakers
Don Reicosky
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Don Reicosky
Morris, MN USA 56267
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Cell Phone 320-287-2314
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