Soil Health Virtual 3D Skill Share

Soil Health Virtual 3D Skill Share with Angelique Taylor and Leah Penniman

The 3D series is a multidimensional workshop series designed for B.I.P.O.C. (Black, Indigenous, & People of Color) to deepen skills in specific farming and land stewardship practices in a culturally relevant, supportive, and joyful environment.

Are you an aspiring soil nerd? Come join us for an interactive workshop on soil fertility. We will learn how to steward our soil sibling while reaping the benefits of an abundant harvest. We will cover regenerative principles and practices to protect and increase soil fertility. These methods include soil testing, minimizing soil disturbance, growing a diversity of plants, protecting soil with living plants, keeping soil covered, and replenishing soil nutrients with organic amendments.

Participants will learn how to:

• Test the soil in the field and in the lab
• Increase organic matter through accessible carbon inputs like leaves and woodchips
• Identify and inoculate beneficial bacteria and fungus and foster their growth
• Compost, the passive way
• Select perennial plants for their system
• Feed plants with foliar spray
• Select and apply organic soil amendments

Language: The instruction will be delivered in English.

Cost: The sliding scale is $5-100. Please think generously - what could be more important to contribute to than living food, land sovereignty, and skilled farmers spreading love and knowledge?!

The workshop is designed to be a culturally relevant and safe space that centers Black, Indigenous and People of Color (read why here).

Donations are accepted from those who are unable to attend the live event or those who would like to support BIPOC participant attendance. Following the workshop those who donate will receive a recording of the virtual event and any accompanying educational resources. For this option, choose DONATION when registering.

Registration closes Wednesday, April 12 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

Presenter(s):

Angelique Taylor (she/her) is a regenerative small-scale farmer and digital creator who co-owns the business “Smarter By Nature LLC”. Through this business, she strives to facilitate sustainable relationships between people and the natural environment by providing fresh food and education to her local and online community. After graduating from Florida A&M University with a B.S. in Environmental Science, Angelique has been an active member in the Tallahassee community, developing and managing community gardens, local farmers markets and educational workshops. Over the past few years, Angelique and her husband shared their agriculture journey through Smarter By Nature which helped to grow a large social media audience. Using multiple social media platforms, Angelique provides educational content about growing food and advocates for the support of local food systems.

Find out more about Angelique’s work at www.smarterbynature.org and follow her @smarterbynature on Instagram, @smarterbynaturedesign on Facebook, @smarterbynatur on Twitter and @smarterbynature on Patreon.

Leah Penniman (all pronouns) is a Black Kreyol farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist who has been tending the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for 25 years. She currently serves as founding co-ED and Farm Director of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, a Black & Brown led project that works toward food and land justice. Her books are Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land (2018) and Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists (2023). Find out more about Leah’s work at www.soulfirefarm.org and follow her @soulfirefarm on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About the organizer

Soul Fire Farm is an Afro-Indigenous centered training farm committed to ending racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system. Our food sovereignty programs reach over 10,000 people each year, including farmer training for Black and Brown growers, reparations and land return initiatives for northeast farmers, food justice workshops for urban youth, home gardens for city-dwellers living under food apartheid, doorstep harvest delivery for food insecure households, and systems and policy education for public decision-makers.