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About this event
The Sierra Club is partnering with the Community Cultivators and Senior Services Plus, Inc. to offer two FREE Terra Preta workshops. They will be presented by Sierra Club memberRoger Glotfelty, owner of Advanced Sustainable Technologies L.L.C.
Workshop participants will learn how to build fertile organic soil with Biochar, Sea Minerals and Compost and grow food with balanced, complete nutrients in a process called Terra Preta. This technique of using biochar to improve the soils’ fertility, originated in the Amazon basin at least 2500 years ago.
“This method will help local gardeners grow nutrient-dense food, boost and balance primary minerals and complete the full spectrum of Trace Elements, while also increasing their soil biomass and sequester carbon,” said Glotfelty. “I’m really interested in helping the Earth store carbon – we need to figure this out sooner than later.”
Glotfelty will explain and answer questions about beneficial microbe diversity and activity while applying 37 strains of such diversity onto the garden bed that will be built during the workshop. “Ultimately, this process will assure that natural biologically available sources of Nitrogen and Phosphorusfor your garden increase your plant growth while helping your soils ability to retain water,” said Glotfelty.
Please RSVP your name and the number in your party by the day before each event to: christine.favilla@sierraclub.org or 618-462-6802.
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