Soil Symposium
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Packed full of talks, round table discussions, workshops and more.
What is healthy soil, what does it do and who cares?
Join a range of experts and enthusiasts as we explore the many surprising ways soil helps us survive, thrive, build and sustain the world around us. Meet the myriad organisms involved, tell us your stories and get your hands dirty as we investigate all there is to love about life giving soil.
- Talks by Richard Hartnup and Alys Fowler
- Round Table Discussions on alternative fertilizer products and quality control protocols
- Workshops on bokashi systems, the carbon cycle and indigenous microorganisms
- Compost Surgery drop in with the CAT gardens team
- Family Activities looking down a microscope and making clay spheres
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Time |
Type |
Activity |
Location | Lead |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Desk |
Registration |
Strawbale Theatre | Fin Jordao |
| 09:30 – 17:00 | Stall | Perennial Green Manures,
Dyfi Carbon, CAT |
ATEIC Yard | Tilly Gomersall |
| 10:00 – 10:05 | Welcome | Introduction | Strawbale Theatre | Fin Jordao |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Talk + Q&A | Eulogy to soil | Strawbale Theatre | Richard Hartnup |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Talk + Q&A | Compost matters | Strawbale Theatre | Alys Fowler |
| 12:00 – 16:00 | Composting | Compost Live Action | Compost display area | Petra Weinmann |
| 12:00 – 16:00 | Recording booth | Vox Pop recs | Strawbale Theatre | Steph Robinson |
| 12:00 – 16:00 | Soil sampling (family friendly) | Microscope dive | Strawbale Theatre | Emma Maxwell |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Workshop (family friendly) | Mycelium Games | BT room | Rachel Hassler |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Break | LUNCH | CAT Cafe | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Workshop | Bokashi | BT room | Martyn Richards |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Talk + tour | Soil care for climate friendly agriculture | Compost display | Clo Ward + Petra Weinmann |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Workshop | Indigenous microbes | BT room | Josh Simon |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Workshop (family friendly) | Clay ball making | Strawbale Theatre | Carine Van gestel |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Panel discussion | Community composting and the future of fertilizers | Strawbale Theatre | Rachel Hassler, Katie Allen, Josh Simon, Petra Weinmann, Fin Jordao |
Free to attend.
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