Where it all began
Build your living soil foundational knowledge as we take you through Dr. Elaine Ingham's seminal foundational courses: Foundation Course 1: Introduction to the Soil Food Web Foundation Course 2: BioComplete™ Compost Foundation Course 3: BioComplete™ Liquid Amendments Foundation Course 4: Microscopy
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From Curious to Consultant
Put the knowledge you've gained in the Foundation Courses into practice in your own farm or field. The complete practicum is for anyone who wants to learn in a hands-on way, with the support of our expert mentor team. Graduates will achieve Soil Food Web Consultant status, having been equipped with an effective toolkit for helping farms and landscapes transition to a biological approach.
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12 weeks | 2 piles of BioComplete Compost
The Compost Intensive Course is a hands-on, 10-week online training designed to guide you through the process from beginning to end alongside a global cohort of peers. There are NO prerequisites! And it counts toward your consultant pathway*
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Hone your skills
Seeing is believing, and when it comes to the regeneration of living soil, a microscope is your most powerful ally: Become a Soil Food Web Lab Tech, See what your soil really needs before spending time and money to improve it, Measure the real impact of your efforts near instantly, No more sending samples across the country for assessment | Complete on-site assessments yourself
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Hone your skills
Learn to produce biologically complete compost that restores soil life, suppresses disease, and transforms what’s possible on your land. Discover how to redirect organic waste into a biologically rich amendment, grow the right microbes to support healthy soil and plants while minimizing the risk of human pathogens and weed seeds, and replace expensive, harmful chemical inputs with the power of biology and organic matter.
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Hone your skills
Learn the art and science of biological liquid amendments. Build on your Soil Food Web Microscopy and BioComplete™ Compost Production skills by learning to purposefully breed, multiply, and extract key microbes for various real world field application needs
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Hone your skills
You've learned to see life in a microscope slide. You've built biologically complete compost from the ground up. You've brewed and applied biological liquid amendments. You understand, at a cellular level, what healthy soil looks like and why it matters. Now it's time to prove it in the field.
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In person
Build BioComplete™ Compost, create biological liquid amendments, and practice microscopy alongside Dr. Elaine's team of experienced mentors and an international community.
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Restore Ecosystems
Developed in Partnership with Ecosystem Restoration Communities Joining this course connects you with the Ecosystem Restoration Communities (ERC) – a vibrant network of individuals and groups dedicated to restoring ecosystems worldwide.
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Design systems
Whole-system design: water, plants, structures, community, rooted in living soil.
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Mini Course
A 10-lesson mini course into the world of Living Soil and all the ways it can help regenerate the world's living systems. Walk away with a broad view of just how impactful this work can be when applied consistently by educated land stewards and practitioners.
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