Soil Is The Foundation of Life on Earth So We MUST Learn To Nurture, Respect and Work With It For Our Very Survival–The Solution Is Right Below Our Feet. Healthier Soil Means Healthier Humans AND a Healthier Planet for You and Your Family. Own This Vital Information Now.
Soil Health eGuideHowdy! Jessica here from Grow Food Nation. I created this soil health e-guide to help you gain a deeper understanding of this glorious ecosystem beneath our feet. It is set up to walk you through both soil components and practical approaches to achieve soil health. Feel free to dive into the practical sections…
Jessica SmithJessica Smith is a Soil Scientist (M.S.), Certified Ecological Farmer, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, and co-founder of Grow Food Nation. With a BS in Sustainable Living and Living Soils, she combines her passions to encourage the earth and its inhabitants back into a state of balance and vitality. She’s taught Nutrient Dense Gardening and Wildlife…
Finian MakepeaceFinian Makepeace is the co-founder of Kiss the Ground and a renowned presenter, media creator, and thought leader in the field of regenerative agriculture and soil health. His dedication to Kiss the Ground’s mission of “inspiring participation in global regeneration, starting with soil”, has motivated him to develop training programs, workshops, and talks designed…
Doug DeCandiaDouglass DeCandia, or digs, has been building gardens and growing food and medicine with youth and adults experiencing incarceration throughout Westchester County, NY. In Sing Sing Prison, Taconic Prison, Westchester County Jail and Woodfield Juvenile Detention. At the core of digs’ work is the healing, reparation and transformation of our relationships, as human beings,…
Dr. Maya ShetreatDr. Maya Shetreat is a neurologist, herbalist, urban farmer, and author of The Dirt Cure. She has been featured in the New York Times, The Telegraph, NPR, Sky News, The Dr. Oz Show, and more. Dr. Maya is the founder of the Terrain Institute, where she teaches Terrain Medicine™, earth-based programs for transformational…
Marjory WildcraftMarjory Wildcraft is the founder of The Grow Network which is a movement of people who are stopping the destruction of the Earth via homegrown food. National Geographic featured Marjory as an expert in off-grid living, she hosted Mother Earth News Online Homesteading Summit, and she is listed in Who’s Who in America for…
Greg PetersonGreg Peterson is the curator of education at Urban Farm U and the host of the Urban Farm Podcast. For over 30 years he has been working on one of Phoenix’s first environmental showcase homes for urban farming. This 1/3-acre yard features a primarily edible landscape with over 50 fruit trees, rainwater and greywater…
Paul & Edwin DysingerPaul is the founder of Born to Grow, and in partnership with his father, Edwin, develop training and calendars to support home gardeners and farmers. They also co-founded the new garden planner called Seedtime, to revolutionize garden and small farm planning. Both Edwin and Paul farmed for many years at Bountiful Blessings…
Jessica SmithJessica Smith is a Soil Scientist (M.S.), Certified Ecological Farmer, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, and co-founder of Grow Food Nation. With a BS in Sustainable Living and Living Soils, she combines her passions to encourage the earth and its inhabitants back into a state of balance and vitality. She’s taught Nutrient Dense Gardening and Wildlife…
Chad WallChad Wall is a Regenerative Agriculture Consultant who was raised in a traditional family of farmers that nurtured him with values and passion for making agriculture better. He has a degree in Agriculture from Texas Tech University and a Masters Degree with an Emphasis on Sustainable Agricultural Systems from Texas A&M University. However, most…
Dr. Tom O’BryanDr. Tom is considered a ‘Sherlock Holmes’ for chronic disease and teaches that recognizing and addressing the underlying mechanisms that activate an immune response is the map to the highway towards better health. He holds teaching Faculty positions with the Institute for Functional Medicine and the National University of Health Sciences. Dr. Tom…
Dr. Ashish MalikAshish focuses on understanding soil microbial processes and the underlying mechanisms from population and community to ecosystem scales. His aim is to link microbial biodiversity and physiology to soil carbon sequestration. A key question of his is also to determine how land use and climate change affect these linkages. Currently, he lectures in…
Jessica SmithJessica Smith is a Soil Scientist (M.S.), Certified Ecological Farmer, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, and co-founder of Grow Food Nation. With a BS in Sustainable Living and Living Soils, she combines her passions to encourage the earth and its inhabitants back into a state of balance and vitality. She’s taught Nutrient Dense Gardening and Wildlife…
Rob HerringRob Herring is an environmental filmmaker and musical activist. He directed/produced/wrote The Need To GROW, winner of multiple Best Documentary awards and seen in 175 countries around the world. As a musician, Rob writes songs for health and eco-activism and headlined the Rock For Nature concert in Berlin for 25,000 people. He is also…
John KohlerJohn has been eating a nutrient-dense raw plant-based diet since 1995, to regain his health and build his immune system. The focus of his research has been in the area of obtaining the highest level of health. One of his goals is to educate the world about the power of eating a diet abundant…
Matt PowersMatt Powers (M.Ed) is a best-selling author, educator, seed saver, gardener, and entrepreneur focused on radically transforming the entire K-12 education system through the collegiate system as well as the economy such that it aligns with regenerative science, natural principles, and permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, & Future Care. Matt, a former public…
Susan HillSusan was raised in Montana and North Dakota in a family from 4 generations of farmers. She moved to Virginia for college and fell in love with the climate. Before becoming a full time farmer in 2010, Susan had careers in Finance, Real Estate, and High School Teaching. She taught Farm Business Practices for…
Stacey MurphyStacey has traveled to gardens, farms and homesteads across the globe, curating best practices from coast to coast. Stacey envisions a world where everyone is nourished by the magic of fresh, affordable and culturally exciting food…extra points if it’s homegrown. Stacey is one of the world’s top gardening experts, having been featured on Martha…
Matt PowersMatt Powers (M.Ed) is a best-selling author, educator, seed saver, gardener, and entrepreneur focused on radically transforming the entire K-12 education system through the collegiate system as well as the economy such that it aligns with regenerative science, natural principles, and permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, & Future Care. Matt, a former public…
Greg PetersonGreg Peterson is the curator of education at Urban Farm U and the host of the Urban Farm Podcast. For over 30 years he has been working on one of Phoenix’s first environmental showcase homes for urban farming. This 1/3-acre yard features a primarily edible landscape with over 50 fruit trees, rainwater and greywater…
Jessica SmithJessica Smith is a Soil Scientist (M.S.), Certified Ecological Farmer, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, and co-founder of Grow Food Nation. With a BS in Sustainable Living and Living Soils, she combines her passions to encourage the earth and its inhabitants back into a state of balance and vitality. She’s taught Nutrient Dense Gardening and Wildlife…