You’ve heard of TED Talks. How about PED Talks? Here’s a new series of PED Talks on soil health.
Soil peds are aggregated particles of sand, silt, clay and organic matter. Like their namesake, PED Talks combine soil-related topics including explanations of soil health, how we can improve it, and the progress that’s being made to ensure we have the healthy soils necessary to feed, clothe and fuel the world in the future.
The PED Talks series was created by the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), Soil Health Institute (SHI), Soil Health Partnership (SHP), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
The inaugural PED Talks include a video introduction from NRCS Chief Matt Lohr and the following presentations:
- Shannon Cappellazzi of SHI on “Soil Health Diagnosed as You’ve Never Heard Before”
- Alex Fiock of SHP on “Focusing on Soil Health from the Ground Up”
- Barry Fisher of the NRCS Soil Health Division and Betsy Bower of Ceres Solutions Cooperative presenting “Partnering to Enhance Soil Health”
- Jane Hardisty, former NRCS Indiana State Conservationist on “You Are Changing the World!”