Soil-Con 2024
March 20, 2024
Doors open at 8:00am-3:30pm EST
Oakwood Event Center, 849 E. Lake View Rd, Syracuse, IN 46567, USA
Registration is capped at 350. When we reach this enrollment, registration will close.
Free: This event is funded by the Kosciusko County SWCD in collaboration with our sponsors, Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative, Arrow Head Country RC&D, The Watershed Foundation, Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, Hoosier Ag Today, Louis Dreyfus Company, Soil and Water Outcomes Fund Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance.
About the Event-Registration Required
Led by our new district Soil Health Specialist, Soil-Con is designed as a working meeting to provide a roadmap for collaborative exploration into the connections within soil health, the soil food web, and ecological risk of pest management strategies and developing long-term solutions for regenerative food systems. This all-day event will have four specialized speakers from across the U.S.
Speakers include:
Dr. David Montgomery & Dr. Anne Bikle, Co-Authors of The Hidden Half of Nature, & What Your Food Ate
Dr. Elaine Ingham, The Soil Food Web School's Founder, Principal Ambassador, and Science and Research Advisor
Dr. Christian Krupke, Professor of Entomology, Purdue University
Tentative Agenda (All times Eastern):
8:00 AM - Registration and Refreshments
8:30 AM - Welcome & District Program Update
9:00 AM - Dr. David Montgomery & Dr. Anne Bikle, What Your Food Ate-Why Soil Health Matters.
10:30 AM - 15 Min. Break
10:45 AM - Dr. Elaine Ingham, Ecosystem Restoration
12:00 PM -1 Hr. Lunch (Provided by Partners)
1:00 PM - Dr. Elaine Ingham, Ecosystem Restoration Continued
2:00 PM - 15 Min. Break
2:15 PM - Dr. Christian Krupke, Pest Management Costs & Benefits
3:15 PM - Wrap-Up
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