[Scpg] Jan 31st - Feb 4th The Soil Food Web /Intensive Course with Elaine Inghsam M.A. Center in Castro Valley

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

January 31st - Feb 4th at the M.A. Center in Castro Valley
http://greenfriends.org/courses/soil-food-web-spring-2011


31st+1st: The Soil Food Web Approach
2nd: Compost Intensive
3rd: Compost Tea Intensive
4th:  Microscopes: Identifying Soil Microlife
Sign up for individual days or the whole course.
Organic meals included.  Optional Camping.

In this course you will learn to:
	*	Understand Soil Microlife 
	*	Increase production through top soil health
	*	Revolutionize your management of soil 
	*	Enlist fungi to mine rocks for Phosphorus (for real)
	*	Eliminate the need for nitrogen fertilizers
	*	Brew and analyze Compost Tea
	*	Make biologically powerful compost
Dr. Elaine Ingham has revolutionized how the 
science and farming communities understand the 
life of soil.  Elaine's soil food web approach 
teaches how to cultivate a soil that is teeming 
with the right balance of beneficial micro 
organisms.  Through decades of intensive 
research, Elaine has evolved age-old compost and 
compost tea strategies to help thousands of 
farms, golf courses, ranches, and landscapes to 
reach incredible productivity without the use of 
chemical fertilizers or pesticides.  Dr. Elaine 
Ingham is an energetic, easy-to-understand 
speaker who has addressed audiences as diverse as 
the United Nations and Potato Grower Conferences, 
to explain what life in the soil is all about.

The MA Center is the US headquarters for the 
international humanitarian and spiritual 
activities of an India saint, Mata 
Amritanandamayi (known as Amma).  The 180-acre 
grounds serve as an educational hub for the Bay 
Area through demonstration of exemplary 
sustainable design and practices.   Drawn by the 
site's beauty, accessiblity by public 
transportation, and the center's uncompromising 
dedication to using all proceeds to fund 
international humanitarian aid projects, hundreds 
of volunteers have joined together in service to 
plant the orchards and reforest the hillsides. 
The MA Center will be using a Soil Food Web 
approach for the orchards and landscape.

Read on to learn about: Course Costs, Camping and 
Breakfest options, Light Microscope Specs, and 
Travel
  > Register Now!
Ýhttp://greenfriends.org/courses/soil-food-web-spring-2011

Course Costs:
Common Vision, GreenFriends, and Biologic Systems 
worked hard to make this course the most 
affordable of Dr. Elaine Ingham's standard 
courses.  May this information help thousands!
$265 ~ Intro to the Soil Foodweb (Jan 31 - Feb1))
$140 ~ Compost Technology (Feb 2)      Strongly 
recommended to attend Intro class
$140 ~ Compost Tea Technology (Feb 3) 
Strongly recommended to attend Compost class
$160 ~ Light Microscope Class  (Feb 4)     Each 
attendee should bring a microscope meeting the 
specifications listed on the registration form.

Accommodations:

Hotel:
Room costs in San Ramon or Castro Valley range 
form $40/night to $120/night.  You will receive a 
list of local hotels and online hotel 
booking options to assist your room search. 
Participants are responsible for booking their 
own hotel rooms and coordinating their own 
transportation to and from the M.A. Center.  

Light Microscopes:
BioLogic systems distributes Labomed CX-L 
microscopes that are the equivalent of the 
discontinued leica cm-e. These scopes will be 
available at the seminar but must be purchased by 
the 5pm on day 3 of seminar so we can pick up 
prior to scope day. They will be special discount 
price of $520 and we will donate $20 each sale to 
Common Vision.


If you would like to order a microscope for 
delivery at course contact 
info[at]biologicsystemsUSA.com
Travel:
  Course will be held at M.A. Center, 10200 Crow 
Canyon Rd, Castro Valley, CA 94552.

BART INFO:
The M.A. Center will be coordinating pick-ups At 
8:30 AM and drop-offs daily at 7:00 pm - at the 
Castro Valley BART station.

RIDE SHARE INFO:
To minimize carbon footprint and travel parts, be 
part of a contact list of people looking to share 
rides.   Disclaimer: This service is purely to 
assist course participants in connecting with 
other participants to share rides. The M.A. 
Center and Common Vision are not responsible for 
your travel experience.  Let us know you are 
interested and we will send you a link to this 
list.
Refunds:
Payment must be included to reserve space in the 
class on a first-come, first-served basis. No 
refunds are given in the week prior to a class. 
Refunds before the 1 week period will be subject 
to a $50 cancellation fee. Admission begins 1/2 
hours before class. Workshops start promptly at 
their scheduled times (9:30 AM for morning 
sessions).
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