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Cornell Soil Health Train-The-Trainer Workshop
Monday, August 16, 8:30 am – Thursday, Aug 19, 2010, 5 pm
Main Location: Cornell Campus, Ithaca, NY
Last year's participants say ...
"This was one of the best and probably the most useful workshop I’ve attended."
"A great learning experience! Thanks!"
"Thanks to your team's hard work and willingness to share information, I am light years ahead on my project!"
"The emphasis on practical methods and management strategies was very well done."
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This international workshop focuses on measuring soil health and improving soils through holistic soil management. The target audience is professionals working with agricultural and nonagricultural (including urban) soil management issues. The Cornell Soil Health Program has developed cost-effective methods for soil health assessment, targeting important soil processes such as aeration, drainage, root growth, disease pressure, nutrient release, etc. Specific management recommendations are also suggested to address soil health constraints.
This intensive soil health workshop includes a mix of classroom training, hands-on laboratory experience, field assessment of soil health, generating the soil health report and its interpretation, and a field trip to local farms to discuss adopted soil health practices.
Tentative Workshop Program:
- Day 1: Concepts of and modern approaches to soil health assessment and management (class room).
- Day 2: On-campus hands-on experience of soil health laboratory protocols; urban applications of soil health testing.
- Day 3: Field Trip to visit local experimental and commercial farms to observe/discuss their soil health management practices.
- Day 4: Soil health reporting, interpretations, and management intervention options (class room).
Registration:
Cost is $325/person. The cost of registration includes 4 continental breakfasts, 4 coffee breaks (with light snack), 4 lunches, two dinners, transportation in and around Ithaca and Geneva, and materials received during the workshop including a copy of Building Soils for Better Crops and the Cornell Soil Health Assessment Training Manual.
Participants are fully responsible for their own lodging, off campus meals, and transport to and from Ithaca, NY. The workshop will begin on Monday, August 16th at 8:30am and adjourn at 5:00pm on Thursday August 19th. Please arrange your arrival and departure, as well as accommodations accordingly.
Please register by July 15. Note that this workshop is limited to 35 participants. We will fill spaces in the order that registration materials are received. Contact: Larissa Smith, lls14@cornell.edu, 607.255.2177.
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