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1. labs
1. oregon
1. us price list
2. sample submission checklist
3. us advisors by location
1. northern
2. northwest
3. california
4. southwest
5. inter-mountain
6. midwest
7. southeast
8. northeast
4. soil permit
5. compliance agreement
2. australia
1. price list
2. australian advisors by location
• new south wales
• queensland
• victoria
• northern territory
• south australia
• west australia
• new zealand
3. canada
1. canadian advisors by location
2. advisors ab
3. advisors bc
4. advisors mb
5. advisors nb
4. new york
1. sustainable sources - east coast
5. new zealand
6. mexico
2. how to sample
1. guiding principles
2. soil submission
3. compost submission
4. compost tea submission
5. leaf
6. root
7. determining your sampling area
8. sample depth
9. when to sample
10. taking samples
3. how to interpret soil foodweb assays
1. review your report carefully
2. steps 1 & 2
3. steps 3 & 4
4. step 5
5. steps 6 - 11
6. step 12
7. ratios
8. example
1. table 1
2. table 2
3. table 3

1. consulting
2. speakers
3. product testing
• seal of approval program (pdf)
• qualitative assay
• great results program
4. certified products
5. faq's
6. what tests to order
1. active bacterial/active fungi
2. total bacteria/total fungi
3. morphological species diversity
4. nematode numbers and community structure
5. protozoa
6. mycorrhizal fungi (VAM)
7. beneficial organism package
1. biofertility factsheet
8. microarthropods
1. soil health and arthropods
9. foliage assay
10. total foodweb assay

resources

1. books
1. Soil Biology Primer
2. Compost Tea Manual 4th ed.
3. Field Guide for Actively Aerated Compost Tea (AACT)
4. Microscope Manual
2. cds
1. Introduction to the Soil Food Web 2nd ed.
2. Plant Production
3. Turf Systems
4. The Compost Food Web
5. Compost Tea
6. Orchards and Vineyards
7. Row Crops and Veggies
3. workshops
4. merchandise

about us

1. sfi approach
1. Understanding the soil food web
1. The Benefits of a Healthy Food Web
2. The Soil Foodweb Model in picture form
3. The Soil Foodweb Model in box and arrow form
4. 12-Step Approach to Understanding the Soil Food Web
5. What Food Web Does My Plant Need?
6. Plant Succession Diagram
7. What Are the Important Parameters to Measure?
8. The Nitrogen Cycle and Soil Food Webs
9. Repairing the Soil Food Web
10. Recent Papers to Help You Understand the Soil Food Web
2. Understanding compost biology
1. The SFI Compost Approach
2. The Compost Food Web box and arrow diagram
3. Explanation of the Compost Food Web model
4. How to Tell Good Compost – Compost Standards
3. Understanding compost tea
   1. Why use Compost Tea?
   2. How does the Foliar Food Web Affect Plants?
   1. Foliar diagram enlarged
   3. The Foliar Food Web
   1. How to make Actively Aerated Compost Tea
   2. Fermentative Compost Tea
   3. Long-Brewing Compost Tea
   4. Not-Aerobic Compost Tea
   4. How to tell if a tea is good
   5. Compost Tea Standards
   6. Compost Extract, Leachate, Plant Tea Definitions
   7. Compost Tea Application Approaches. What amounts to apply?
   8. Programs for Converting to Biological Farming. How do I convert from conventional to biological agriculture?
   9. USGS Maximum Dissolved Oxygen in Water table.
   10. Grower Experiences with Compost Tea
   11. The Compost Tea Brewing Manual
2. microscope pictures
3. dr. Ingham
1. brief bio
2. cv
1. education/positions
2. teaching
3. organization of meetings
4. graduate students
5. scholarship/honors
6. publications
7. papers in preparation
8. book chapters
9. reports
10. book reviews
11. citations
12. professional meetings
13. research grants
14. service
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   2. media resources
   3. products resources
   4. recommended online documents
   5. research
   6. soil ecology
5. history timeline
6. privacy policy

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4. articles in the news
1. by dr. Ingham
2. about sfi

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