Antioch College campus in Yellow Springs will be home to the Healthy Soil Symposium, where they will be focusing on the importance of soil quality to human health and climate cooling.

The symposium will include presentations by area farmers, extension agents, researchers, gardeners, academics and climate activists. It will cover a range of topics, including
soil and its impact on water systems, built infrastructure, health, and community resilience; the local and global soil landscape; urban greenscaping solutions; and the many ways that regenerative soil practice is moving forward.

Speakers include keynote Didi Pershouse of the Soil Carbon Coalition; Doug Seibert and Leslie Garcia of Peach Mountain Organics; area carbon farmer David Brandt; permaculture activist Peter Bane; Sabrena Schweyer of Salsbury-Schweyer Landscape Design; Chad Bitler of Greenacres Farm; and other area farmers, gardeners and regional soil practitioners.

Antioch College (McGregor Hall, Room #113)

1 Morgan Place
Yellow Springs, OH 45387

Contact:
Community Solutions / (937) 767 - 2161 /

http://www.communitysolution.org