Living Soil Roundtable: Sharing No-Till Knowledge and Microbial Insights
Schedule
Thu Dec 18 2025 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Public Works Service Center, 1188 50th St. SE Rochester, MN 55904 | Rochester, MN
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Whitewater Gardens, The Olmsted SWCD, andThe University of Minnesota Extension Olmsted
County is offering The Living Soil Roundtable:
Sharing No-Till Knowledge and Microbial
Insights.
Roundtable Discussion
and Microscope Views!
SARE Grant Presentation by Sandy Dietz
Soil Test Reviews--Haney and Soil Food Web
100 Farm Tests Presentation
Roundtable Discussion on Soil Microbiology
Microscope Views
The Living Soil
Roundtable:
Sharing No-Till
Knowledge and
Microbial Insights
Date & Time: December 18 th, 2025 from 1-4 pm
Register Yourself!
Participants are encouraged to bring soil or compost samples for viewing
under a microscope and for analysis to detect microbial life. Class cost is
free and will be held at Olmsted County Public Works Service Center (1188
50 St SE, Rochester, MN 55904) on December 18th from 1- 4 PM.
Register at z.umn.edu/soilroundtable . Contact Shona Langseth at
[email protected] or 507-328-6905 with any questions.
Location: Public Works Service Center
1188 50th St. SE Rochester, MN 55904
This workshop will discuss practical information on how to
read soil tests (both the Haney and the Soil Food Web),
share findings from a recent NRCS SARE research project
"Optimizing No-Till Methods for a Direct-to-Market Organic
Vegetable Farm" on various mulching methods (deep
composting, cut and carry, and living mulch), and provide
plenty of time for questions and answers to discuss
incorporating mulching in reduced till systems as a W**d
management practices and how to incorporate practices to increase soil microbiology.
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Where is it happening?
Public Works Service Center, 1188 50th St. SE Rochester, MN 55904, 1188 50th St SE, Rochester, MN 55904-6407, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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