Improving soil health and fertility doesn’t have to be costly or complicated. This session focuses on practical solutions like compost teas, compost extracts, and fermented plant teas to boost microbial activity and improve crop productivity. Learn how simpler, low-cost alternatives to vermicompost can enhance nutrient cycling, strengthen plant resilience, and optimize soil biology.

Discover natural farming techniques, including the use of common plants such as stinging nettle, comfrey, and garlic scapes to provide beneficial microbes and nutrients. This session will offer actionable strategies to help farmers improve soil health, reduce input costs, and grow healthier, more productive crops.

Dr. Av Singh is one of Canada’s leading authorities on organic agriculture. Dr. Singh has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers, chapters, and extension articles and has been an invited speaker to over 500 workshops, conferences, and symposia as well as guest-lecturing at over 30 universities in Canada, the US, the UK, and India. Emphasizing a union of traditional knowledge with science, Av works with growers to cultivate an appreciation of plant:soil interrelationships.