Big Ideas & Takeaways:

    What the heck is soil anyway?
    6 Soil essentials for a thriving garden
    How to be a Soil Superhero
    The 4 parts of your soil and how to nourish them
    What can tasting your soil tell you? Yes… you can eat soil!
    Why soil is called the “gut of the garden.” 
    If soil is the “gut of your garden”, what do you feed it?
    Raised bed recipe for healthy soil
    How to start from scratch when you have no soil

 

About The Speaker:

Stacey Murphy’s superpower is packing tons of vegetables and herbs into tight spaces, literally tons. She’s helped thousands of gardeners from five continents. Gardeners just like you who want affordable, delicious organic food, and a sustainable future for their communities.

Stacey has taught thousands of teens and adults how to grow, harvest, and prepare fresh foods. She is a recovering engineer and architect turned proud garden geek. Stacey founded BK Farmyards, a cooperative of urban farmers in Brooklyn. She’s been featured on Martha Stewart Radio, PBS online, and once appeared on the David Letterman show with a giant radish.

Dozens of her students, who have trained at her backyard urban farms in Brooklyn, have gone on to start their own homesteads, gardens, and farms. Stacey believes homegrown, organic food is the best health plan for people, communities, and the earth