8:30 AM REGISTRATION & INTRODUCTION: INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL FARMING SESSION

SESSION 1: COMPOST MAKING SESSION

SESSION 2: COMPOST TEA MAKING SESSION

SESSION 3: DEMONSTRATION OF EQUIPMENT SESSION

SESSION 4: THE THEORY OF THE SOIL FOOD WEB

-COMPOST THAT IS NOT CORRECTLY CULTIVATED DOES NOT HAVE THE ACTIVE MICROBIAL BIOMASS REQUIRED FOR MAKING HIGH QUALITY COMPOST TEA. COMPOST THAT GETS TOO HOT OR THAT DOES NOT GET ENOUGH AIR CULTIVATES PATHOGENS THAT WILL DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD.

-DR MARY COLE HAS 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF CONSULTING FARMERS IN SOIL BIOLOGY AND IMPROVING SOIL HEALTH AS WELL AS TEACHING AT MONASH UNIVERSITY FOR MANY YEARS ON FUNGAL AND MICROBIAL PATHOLOGY. SOME MAY KNOW HER AS THE AUSTRALIAN ELAINE INGHAM

-THERE MAY NOT BE A BETTER PERSON IN AUSTRALIA TO TEACH YOU HOW TO CORRECTLY MAKE COMPOST AT YOUR HOME OR FARM.