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Classroom Intensive Program - Cohort 2

(Effective November 16, 2024 to November 15, 2025)

Soil Foodweb School LLC
www.soilfoodweb.com
1-503-809-2349
[email protected]

PO Box 287, Corvallis, OR, 97330, US

STUDENT INFORMATION

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Enrollment Date:	January 16, 2025	Start Date:	January 16, 2025

COURSE INFORMATION AND FEES

What’s Included:

With the Regenerative Farmer Package, you are registering for the Foundation Courses (FC) at the price of $3,300 (regular price $5,000) and Stage 1 of the Grower Training Program (GTP) for free (regular price $2,000). Note: Access to the GTP is conditional upon your achieving an overall average of 90% or more in the FC.

Foundation Courses (FC):

Series of 4 self-paced, online courses covering the theory and application methodology behind the Soil Food Web Approach. This comprises 63 lectures totalling more than 40 hours of lectures.
Includes access to the FC Forum where students can interact with each other, Dr. Ingham and the Faculty. Access to the FC Forum is for 12 months from when a student begins the FC. After 12 months, FC Forum access is changed to read only and will remain in place for as long as we maintain the Forum.
Printable/downloadable materials: Lecture slides, course manual, glossary.

How Much Time You’ll Need to Commit:

Students typically require about 150 hours in order to complete the FC at a reasonable pace.
We expect that a student can complete the FC in 4 weeks, if studying full-time. The maximum time allowed to complete the FC is 12 months.

On successful completion of the FC with an overall average of 90% or more, you qualify to enroll in the Grower Training Program (GTP). You will have 4 -months from the date you complete the FC to enroll in the GTP, after which you will no longer be eligible for enrollment in the GTP.

Stage 1 of the Grower Training Program (GTP): The BioComplete™ Compost Practicum

What’s Included:

26 hours of mentor time to help you develop your composting skills and complete the Certified Lab Tech Program (CLP).
Note: this will include all time spent by your mentor on: reviewing your reports and any questions submitted; correspondence by email, telephone, virtual meeting etc..

Access to the GTP Forum where the student can interact with the faculty, and school alumni, for as long as we maintain the Forum.
The Certified Lab-Tech Program

- 8 hours of One-on-One Microscopy Training
- Microscopy Proficiency Assessment (MPA)
- The How to Launch Your Lab Guidebook, available upon successful completion of the MPA.

If you successfully complete the CLP and pass the MPA, you will be listed on the Soilfoodweb.com website as a Certified Soil Food Web Lab-Technician. In order to retain your certification, you will be required to retake the MPA 6 months after your first certification, and then every 12 months after that. If you fail to recertify, you will be removed from the website.
You must complete the CLP within the first 9 months of joining the GTP. You will not be able to graduate as a Certified Soil Food Web Consultant unless you have successfully completed the CLP and the MPA as well as all 3 stages of the GTP. CLP recertification currently costs $150 each time. This fee is subject to change.
On successful completion of GTP Stage 1, you qualify to enroll in GTP Stage 2: The BioComplete™ Liquid Practicum, which is not included in this bundle.

On successful completion of all 3 stages of the GTP, you will be listed on the Soilfoodweb.com website as a Certified Soil Food Web Consultant. You will need to maintain Certified Soil Food Web Lab-Tech status in order to retain your status as a Certified Soil Food Web Consultant.

How Much Time You’ll Need to Commit:

GTP Stage 1 - The BioComplete™ Compost Practicum

Students typically need to make at least 6 compost piles before they can achieve the required standards for passing the compost practicum. If you have the resources, you can make multiple piles, with varying recipes, simultaneously, to save time. Each pile will require up to 28 days to complete, once built. A reasonable time-frame for the compost practicum is 3-12 months.

GTP students are expected to complete the CLP while simultaneously working on Stage 1 of the GTP.

Students are expected to complete all three stages of the GTP within 2 years (24 months). The maximum allowable time for completion of the GTP is 2.5 years (30 months), after which your enrollment in the GTP will expire.

Cost and Payment Terms: Regenerative Farmer Package
Regenerative Farmer Package: Payment Plan	A series of 5 payments of $660 each, totalling $3,300. (Foundation Courses regular price $5,000 less $1,700 discount)
Includes	Foundation Courses 1-4 (regular price $5,000) for $3,300 Stage 1 of the Grower Training Program (regular price $2,000) for no additional charge. Note: Access to Stage 1 of the GTP is conditional upon you achieving an overall average of 90% or more in the FC.
GTP Supplies	You will need various items. Cost will vary depending on the scale of your project and the quality of the equipment you select. The minimum budget is approximately $1,000.
CLP Supplies:	You will need a compound microscope, a microscope camera and some ancillary lab equipment such as pipettes and beakers to complete this program. The cost of the microscope and camera will vary depending on the equipment you select. Budget: USD$400 minimum for microscope and camera, and a further $50 for the lab equipment.
TOTAL COST:	$3,330 USD plus supplies

CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS

Cancellation: You may cancel enrollment by giving written notice to Soil Food Web School. Unless the school has discontinued the program, you are financially obligated to the school. Our refund policy is as follows:

Cancellation	Refund
For the FC ONLY: If you have watched less than half the lectures (i.e. less than 32 lectures) and you are within 30 days of registration, you are entitled to:	A full refund.
For the FC ONLY: After completing half or more or of the lectures or after 30 days from the date of registration, whichever comes first.	No refund is available.
For the Stage 1 of the GTP	No refund is applicable as Stage 1 of the GTP is offered for FREE with the Regenerative Farmer Package.

The School reserves the right to terminate a student’s participation for unsatisfactory progress, nonpayment of tuition, or failure to abide by established standards as defined in the School’s Code of Conduct. Although the school may provide placement assistance, the school does not guarantee job placement to graduates upon program completion or upon graduation.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITIES
IN NO EVENT SHALL SOIL FOODWEB SCHOOL LLC’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE TOTAL OF THE AMOUNTS PAID TO SCHOOL PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Choice of Law; Jurisdiction and Venue for Disputes; Arbitration

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