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    Understanding How Soils Function – Lower Inputs & Grow Profits (plus: Group Study Calls Replays)

    This course unfolds the complexity of soil as Alan explores step-by-step how the soil functions and how we can manage soil life effectively. Healthy, living soil is the basis of sustainable agriculture. It ensures healthy farming and healthy food placing people and farmers – consumers and producers, rather than the corporations who control our food now – at its very heart. The solution to a sustainable food system is right in front of us. Ecological farming methods can help create one that protects, sustains and restores life on Earth by combining modern science with innovation while respecting nature’s biodiversity – all without using chemical inputs or genetically engineered crops! We can’t afford to ignore what’s happening in our world. The biodiversity index has decreased rapidly since 1970 and many species are now at risk of extinction! You can start your journey towards an ecological turnaround with this course.
    Highly Recommended 4.8
    ★★★★★ 5/5
    • Alan Broughton + 'Regen Ray' Milidoni
    • All Levels
    • English
    • Take this course now!
    AUD $997.00
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    This course includes:
    • Lifetime access to the course
    • Downloadable Materials
    • Access to mobile and desktop
    • Access to Regrarians Workplace with Private Study & Support Group
    • Certificate of Completion
    PLUS: 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

    What You Will Discover:

    • Read signs that show the basic characteristics of the soil
    • Conduct basic soil tests to better understand your soil
    • Boost soil biology to support your crops
    • Reduce your chemical input usage and save money
    • Develop climate change resilience by increasing soil carbon
    • Interpret soil laboratory test with a new view
    • Make quality compost and worm castings
    • Use plant diversity to improve soil fertility
    • Plan a comprehensive soil fertility program for your land

    Who is this course is for:

    Do you want to lower your inputs, work less hours and be more profitable? I know this sounds like the dream, Imagine a world where every farmer is able to make decisions with the best interests of their land. This can happen if we all work together and follow sustainable practices that build healthy soils without relying on harmful chemicals or genetic engineering; this way everyone has an opportunity for success!

    Farming is a hard job and often times it can be difficult to do things right when you’re on your own. But what if there was an easier way? The answer might just lie in ecologically based farming without the use of chemicals or genetically engineered crops that are harmful for both humans and soil health!

    Discover how successful farmers create the perfect environment for profitable chemical free farming. The Course begins as soon as you register. It’s a self-paced course where you can access the Lessons anytime once they are released. Lessons are written and presented by Alan Broughton. You have lifetime access to the course; once they are made available online they remain there for you to access permanently. You also get access to a study group to ask questions and online learning quizzes. At the end you also receive a Certificate of Completion!

    Course Overview:

    Lesson 1: Soil – the Foundation for Agriculture
    • Topic 1: The Complexity of Soil
      • Relationship Between Soil Physics, Biology and Chemistry
    • Topic 2: Soil Organic Matter and Carbon
      • Ecological Soil Fertility Management Principles
    • Topic 3: Finding Local Soil Information
      • Soil Formation
      • Soils of Australia
    Lesson 1.1 - Zoom Study Group with 'Regen Ray' Milidoni

    After each lesson, a live zoom group call to help us all study and learn together. 

    Lesson 2: Assessing Soil Fertility
    • Topic 1: The Soil Profile
      • Soil Profile Examination
    • Topic 2: Plants as Indicators of Soil Conditions
      • Weeds as Indicators of Soil Conditions
      • Symptoms of Nutrient Deficiency and Excess
    • Topic 3: Soil Fertility Monitoring
      • Useful Soil Fertility Monitoring Tools
      • Soil Laboratory Analysis
      • Taking Soil Samples
      • Soil Colour
      • Soil Texture Testing
      • Soil Structure
    • Topic 4: Easy Soil Tests to Do
      • Soil Stability: The Emerson Test
      • Acidity and Alkalinity
      • Salinity
    Lesson 2.1 - Zoom Study Group with 'Regen Ray' Milidoni

    After each lesson, a live zoom group call to help us all study and learn together. 

    Lesson 3: Life in The Soil
    • Topic 1: Bacteria
      • Bacteria: Benefits, Nodulation of Legumes, Azotobacter, Actinobacteria)
    • Topic 2: Fungi
      • Fungi: Benefits, Mycorrhiza
    • Topic 3: Other Soil Micro-Organisms
      • Archaea
      • Protozoa
      • Nematodes
      • Algae
      • Encouraging Micro-Organisms
    • Topic 4: Providing Best Conditions for Micro-Oganisms
      • Bacteria-Fungi Balance
      • Soil Biology Monitoring: Using a Microscope, Lab Testing
    • Topic 5: Larger Critters in The Soil
      • Non-Microbial Soil Life: Collembola, Mites, Dung Beetles, Earthworms
    Lesson 3.1 - Zoom Study Group with 'Regen Ray' Milidoni

    After each lesson, a live zoom group call to help us all study and learn together. 

    Lesson 3.2 - Catch Up Week - Zoom Study Group with 'Regen Ray' Milidoni

    After each lesson, a live zoom group call to help us all study and learn together. 

    Lesson 4: Soil Nutrients
    • Topic 1: Soil Fertilisation: From The Romans to Albrecht
    • Topic 2: Reading a Soil Test
      • Soil Testing versus Foliar Testing
      • Chemical Symbols
    • Topic 3: The Major Cations
    • Topic 4: Anions
      • Oxygen
      • Silicon
    • Topic 5: Trace Elements
    Lesson 4.1 - Zoom Study Group with 'Regen Ray' Milidoni

    After each lesson, a live zoom group call to help us all study and learn together. 

    Lesson 5: Soil Improvement Techniques
    • Topic 1: Soil Aeration
    • Topic 2: Compost Making
      • Biodynamic farming
      • Compost making: materials, method, usage
      • Compost tea and compost extract
    • Topic 3: Worm Farming And Vermicompost
    • Topic 4: Green Manures And Legume Herbs And Trees
      • Soil fertility trees
    • Topic 5: Compost Tea, Compost Extract And Manure And Weed Teas
      • Manufactured organic fertilisers
      • Biological preparations and stimulants
      • Manure and weed teas
    • Topic 6: Biological
      • Preparations And Stimulants
      • Coal, ash, charcoal
      • Rock dust, paramagnetism
      • Foliar fertilising
      • Animals as soil improvers
    Lesson 5.1 - Zoom Study Group with 'Regen Ray' Milidoni

    After each lesson, a live zoom group call to help us all study and learn together. 

    Lesson 5.2 - Zoom Group Q&A with Alan Broughton

    After each lesson, a live zoom group call to help us all study and learn together. 

    Bonus: Why Farm Without Chemicals?
    • “If some are suppressed, others will take their place”
    • “Microbes recover”
    • “Fertilisers increase carbon sequestration by increasing growth” 
    • Not all chemicals harm all biology: Balance is changed 
    • Most valuable are most affected: Mycorrhiza, nitrogen fixers, methanotrophs, disease suppressors, earthworms 
    • Less than 20% of pesticides have ever been tested for soil biology effects 
    • Studies often short term, lab based, using active ingredients only, only measuring biomass 
    • Roundup is registered as an antibiotic 
    • A scientific literature ignored Are chemicals sacred?

    Course Content

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    Lesson 0: Welcome and Intro
    Lesson 1: Soil – The Foundation For Agriculture 3 Topics | 3 Quizzes
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    Topic 1: The Complexity Of Soil
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    Topic 2: Soil Organic Matter And Carbon
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    Topic 3: Finding Local Soil Information
    Topic 3 Quiz
    Lesson 1.1: How Soil Functions – Live Call
    Lesson 2: Assessing Soil Fertility 4 Topics | 4 Quizzes
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    Topic 1: The Soil Profile
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    Topic 2: Plants As Indicators Of Soil Conditions
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    Topic 3: Soil Fertility Monitoring
    L2 Topic 3 Quiz
    Topic 4: Easy Soil Tests To Do
    L2 Topic 4 Quiz
    Lesson 2.1: Live Call
    Lesson 3: Life in the soil 5 Topics | 5 Quizzes
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    Topic 1: Bacteria
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    Topic 2: Fungi
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    Topic 3: Other soil micro-organisms
    L3 Topic 3 Quiz
    Topic 4: Providing best conditions for micro-organisms
    L3 Topic 4 Quiz
    Topic 5: Larger critters in the soil
    L3 Topic 5 Quiz
    Lesson 3.1: How Soil Functions – Live Call
    Lesson 4: Soil Nutrients 5 Topics | 5 Quizzes
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    Topic 1: Soil fertilisation: From the Romans to Albrecht
    L4 Topic 1 Quiz
    Topic 2: Reading a soil test
    L4 Topic 2 Quiz
    Topic 3: The major cations
    L4 Topic 3 Quiz
    Topic 4: Anions
    L4 Topic 4 Quiz
    Topic 5: Trace elements
    L4 Topic 5 Quiz
    Lesson 4.1: How Soil Functions – Live Call about the complex chemistry of soils
    Lesson 5: Soil Improvement Techniques 7 Topics | 7 Quizzes
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    Topic 1: Soil Aeration
    L5 Topic 1 Quiz
    Topic 2: Compost Making
    L5 Topic 2 Quiz
    Topic 3: Worm Farming and Vermicompost
    L5 Topic 3 Quiz
    Topic 4: Green Manures and Legume Herbs and Trees
    L5 Topic 4 Quiz
    Topic 5: Compost Tea, Compost Extract and Manure and Weed Teas
    L5 Topic 5 Quiz
    Topic 6: Biological Preparations and Stimulants
    L5 Topic 6 Quiz
    Topic 7: Manufactured Organic Fertilisers, Coal, Ash, Charcoal, Rock Dust
    L5 Topic 7 Quiz
    Bonus: Why Farm Without Chemicals? + Certificate of Completion

    Presenter: Alan Broughton

    Author, Biological Agriculture Researcher & Organic Farming Teacher. From a small Merino farm in NE Victoria. B.Arts (Monash 1971), Cert. Horticulture (Burnley 1975), Graduate Diploma Sustainable Agriculture (Orange 1998). Involved with Organic Agriculture Association (Gippsland) since 1985, currently vice-president. Nursery work. Small organic producer (certified by NASAA for 5 years). Wrote and taught Diploma of Organic Farming 2001-2016 (NMIT, Federation Training).

    Live Calls with 'Regen Ray' Milidoni

    ‘Regen Ray’ is a soil lover and partnered with Farming Secrets to take their business into the next generation of online learning, launching the Soil Learning Centre during the pandemic. He now works with soil mentors from around the world to create educational programs all about soil. He has been teaching people about soils for years through his online classrooms, webinars and his podcast, Secrets of the Soil. On his podcast, he interviews experts in their field and talks about important topics all about the soil.

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    We acknowledge First Nations owners of Country and their continuing connection to the land, waters and culture across Australia and from all over the world. As Soil Lovers we respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we work and pay our respects to the Elders past present and emerging. When caring for your land take a moment in stillness to respect the wisdom your land is sharing with us.

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