Accessibility Statement Skip Navigation
  • Why PRWeb
  • How It Works
  • Who Uses It
  • Pricing
  • Login
  • GDPR
  • Create a Free Account
Return to PRWeb homepage
  • News
  • Resources
  • Contact
When typing in this field, a list of search results will appear and be automatically updated as you type.

Searching for your content...

No results found. Please change your search terms and try again.
  • News in Focus
      • Browse News Releases

      • All News Releases
      • Multimedia Gallery

      • All Multimedia
      • All Photos
      • All Videos
  • Business & Money
      • Auto & Transportation

      • Aerospace, Defense
      • Air Freight
      • Airlines & Aviation
      • Automotive
      • Maritime & Shipbuilding
      • Railroads and Intermodal Transportation
      • Supply Chain/Logistics
      • Transportation, Trucking & Railroad
      • Travel
      • Trucking and Road Transportation
      • View All Auto & Transportation

      • Business Technology

      • Blockchain
      • Broadcast Tech
      • Computer & Electronics
      • Computer Hardware
      • Computer Software
      • Data Analytics
      • Electronic Commerce
      • Electronic Components
      • Electronic Design Automation
      • Financial Technology
      • High Tech Security
      • Internet Technology
      • Nanotechnology
      • Networks
      • Peripherals
      • Semiconductors
      • View All Business Technology

      • Entertain­ment & Media

      • Advertising
      • Art
      • Books
      • Entertainment
      • Film and Motion Picture
      • Magazines
      • Music
      • Publishing & Information Services
      • Radio & Podcast
      • Television
      • View All Entertain­ment & Media

      • Financial Services & Investing

      • Accounting News & Issues
      • Acquisitions, Mergers and Takeovers
      • Banking & Financial Services
      • Bankruptcy
      • Bond & Stock Ratings
      • Conference Call Announcements
      • Contracts
      • Cryptocurrency
      • Dividends
      • Earnings
      • Earnings Forecasts & Projections
      • Financing Agreements
      • Insurance
      • Investments Opinions
      • Joint Ventures
      • Mutual Funds
      • Private Placement
      • Real Estate
      • Restructuring & Recapitalization
      • Sales Reports
      • Shareholder Activism
      • Shareholder Meetings
      • Stock Offering
      • Stock Split
      • Venture Capital
      • View All Financial Services & Investing

      • General Business

      • Awards
      • Commercial Real Estate
      • Corporate Expansion
      • Earnings
      • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
      • Human Resource & Workforce Management
      • Licensing
      • New Products & Services
      • Obituaries
      • Outsourcing Businesses
      • Overseas Real Estate (non-US)
      • Personnel Announcements
      • Real Estate Transactions
      • Residential Real Estate
      • Small Business Services
      • Socially Responsible Investing
      • Surveys, Polls and Research
      • Trade Show News
      • View All General Business

  • Science & Tech
      • Consumer Technology

      • Artificial Intelligence
      • Blockchain
      • Cloud Computing/Internet of Things
      • Computer Electronics
      • Computer Hardware
      • Computer Software
      • Consumer Electronics
      • Cryptocurrency
      • Data Analytics
      • Electronic Commerce
      • Electronic Gaming
      • Financial Technology
      • Mobile Entertainment
      • Multimedia & Internet
      • Peripherals
      • Social Media
      • STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math)
      • Supply Chain/Logistics
      • Wireless Communications
      • View All Consumer Technology

      • Energy & Natural Resources

      • Alternative Energies
      • Chemical
      • Electrical Utilities
      • Gas
      • General Manufacturing
      • Mining
      • Mining & Metals
      • Oil & Energy
      • Oil and Gas Discoveries
      • Utilities
      • Water Utilities
      • View All Energy & Natural Resources

      • Environ­ment

      • Conservation & Recycling
      • Environmental Issues
      • Environmental Policy
      • Environmental Products & Services
      • Green Technology
      • Natural Disasters
      • View All Environ­ment

      • Heavy Industry & Manufacturing

      • Aerospace & Defense
      • Agriculture
      • Chemical
      • Construction & Building
      • General Manufacturing
      • HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning)
      • Machinery
      • Machine Tools, Metalworking and Metallurgy
      • Mining
      • Mining & Metals
      • Paper, Forest Products & Containers
      • Precious Metals
      • Textiles
      • Tobacco
      • View All Heavy Industry & Manufacturing

      • Telecomm­unications

      • Carriers and Services
      • Mobile Entertainment
      • Networks
      • Peripherals
      • Telecommunications Equipment
      • Telecommunications Industry
      • VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
      • Wireless Communications
      • View All Telecomm­unications

  • Lifestyle & Health
      • Consumer Products & Retail

      • Animals & Pets
      • Beers, Wines and Spirits
      • Beverages
      • Bridal Services
      • Cannabis
      • Cosmetics and Personal Care
      • Fashion
      • Food & Beverages
      • Furniture and Furnishings
      • Home Improvement
      • Household, Consumer & Cosmetics
      • Household Products
      • Jewelry
      • Non-Alcoholic Beverages
      • Office Products
      • Organic Food
      • Product Recalls
      • Restaurants
      • Retail
      • Supermarkets
      • Toys
      • View All Consumer Products & Retail

      • Entertain­ment & Media

      • Advertising
      • Art
      • Books
      • Entertainment
      • Film and Motion Picture
      • Magazines
      • Music
      • Publishing & Information Services
      • Radio & Podcast
      • Television
      • View All Entertain­ment & Media

      • Health

      • Biometrics
      • Biotechnology
      • Clinical Trials & Medical Discoveries
      • Dentistry
      • FDA Approval
      • Fitness/Wellness
      • Health Care & Hospitals
      • Health Insurance
      • Infection Control
      • International Medical Approval
      • Medical Equipment
      • Medical Pharmaceuticals
      • Mental Health
      • Pharmaceuticals
      • Supplementary Medicine
      • View All Health

      • Sports

      • General Sports
      • Outdoors, Camping & Hiking
      • Sporting Events
      • Sports Equipment & Accessories
      • View All Sports

      • Travel

      • Amusement Parks and Tourist Attractions
      • Gambling & Casinos
      • Hotels and Resorts
      • Leisure & Tourism
      • Outdoors, Camping & Hiking
      • Passenger Aviation
      • Travel Industry
      • View All Travel

  • Policy & Public Interest
      • Policy & Public Interest

      • Advocacy Group Opinion
      • Animal Welfare
      • Congressional & Presidential Campaigns
      • Corporate Social Responsibility
      • Domestic Policy
      • Economic News, Trends, Analysis
      • Education
      • Environmental
      • European Government
      • FDA Approval
      • Federal and State Legislation
      • Federal Executive Branch & Agency
      • Foreign Policy & International Affairs
      • Homeland Security
      • Labor & Union
      • Legal Issues
      • Natural Disasters
      • Not For Profit
      • Patent Law
      • Public Safety
      • Trade Policy
      • U.S. State Policy
      • View All Policy & Public Interest

  • People & Culture
      • People & Culture

      • Aboriginal, First Nations & Native American
      • African American
      • Asian American
      • Children
      • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
      • Hispanic
      • Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual
      • Men's Interest
      • People with Disabilities
      • Religion
      • Senior Citizens
      • Veterans
      • Women
      • View All People & Culture

  • Hamburger menu
  • Cision PRWeb provides efficient communication tools to continuously engage with target audiences across multiple online channels
  • Create a Free Account
    • ALL CONTACT INFO
    • Contact Us


      11AM ET Sunday – 8PM ET Friday

  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • News in Focus
    • Browse All News
    • Multimedia Gallery
  • Business & Money
    • Auto & Transportation
    • Business Technology
    • Entertain­ment & Media
    • Financial Services & Investing
    • General Business
  • Science & Tech
    • Consumer Technology
    • Energy & Natural Resources
    • Environ­ment
    • Heavy Industry & Manufacturing
    • Telecomm­unications
  • Lifestyle & Health
    • Consumer Products & Retail
    • Entertain­ment & Media
    • Health
    • Sports
    • Travel
  • Policy & Public Interest
  • People & Culture
    • People & Culture
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR

Dr. Elaine Ingham to visit Living Web Farms, Train Farmers to Improve Soil Health
  • USA - English


News provided by

Living Web Farms

Jan 27, 2015, 03:00 ET

Share this article

Share toX

Share this article

Share toX

Dr. Elaine Ingham will share soil management wisdom with farmers and gardeners in Asheville, NC, March 6 & 7, 2015.
Dr. Elaine Ingham will share soil management wisdom with farmers and gardeners in Asheville, NC, March 6 & 7, 2015.

I knew the soil was alive, but I had no idea how alive until I met Elaine.

Post this

Asheville, NC (PRWEB) January 27, 2015 -- Louise Langsner has been gardening on the same land for over 40 years. Together with her partner Drew, Louise grows food, cooks community meals, and welcomes countless visitors to her farm in North Carolina for workshops in woodworking and basket weaving. The Langsner’s Country Workshops business has grown hand in hand with their farm and homestead, and imparted gifts of food and knowledge to many who have passed through, since 1974. Ask Langsner to cite the biggest influence on her gardening, and she won’t hesitate for a second. “Elaine Ingham. She is the most inspirational person in the gardening and farming world that I have ever met.”

Indeed, even a cursory review of Dr. Elaine Ingham’s research and resume will leave any grower spellbound. Dr. Ingham is a world-renowned soil biologist, who has made it her life’s work to study dynamic relationships between soil microorganisms. Via light microscopy, she identifies and observes bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematode, and other soil critters whose feeding relationships quite literally support all life on the planet. Soil is possibly the most fundamental non-negotiable need, shared by all living beings. From Ingham’s work, we begin to understand just why soil is so amazing, and how it works. “I knew that soil was alive,” says Louise Langsner, “but I had no idea how alive until I met Elaine.”

Langsner first met Ingham during a visit she made to Hendersonville, NC in 1997, where Dr. Ingham delivered an impassioned and memorable speech to a group of farmers, many of whom were on the cutting edge of organic agriculture, before organic was a household word. Now, as backyard compost bins and lasagna gardens pepper the American landscape, Dr. Ingham’s work holds practical relevance for an even wider, and exponentially growing audience.

On March 6 and 7, 2015, Dr. Ingham will visit Asheville North Carolina, bringing trainings on soil health to Living Web Farms, a non profit education and research farm in Mills River. Ingham will first provide an intensive half-day soil management and composting class, touring Living Web Farms’ organic vegetable farm, forced-air composting facility, and compost tea operation. Then, on March 7th, Ingham will deliver a keynote address at the 22nd annual Organic Growers School, a conference for farmers and gardeners at UNC-Asheville. The keynote event will be accompanied by a social and silent auction, allowing attendees to mingle and enjoy fresh food, local beer, and bid on tools, books, services, and other garden and farm related auction items, to support the work of Organic Growers School.

Meredith Leigh, Education and Outreach Coordinator at Living Web Farms, and Event Coordinator for the Organic Growers School Conference explains, “Dr. Ingham’s visit will bring the relevance of soil life, which you cannot see with the naked eye, right into the face of all kinds of growers. Her work is scientific no doubt, but her message is practical and action-oriented, one that all growers can adopt to improve their practice.”

Ingham’s keynote speech at the Organic Growers School Conference will touch on this very intersection between academic science and the day-to-day of farming. “In so many ways, the way we do science is limiting to the way we exercise scientific findings,” says Leigh. In the evening address on March 7th, Ingham will speak about her personal experience reconciling reductionist science with holistic farming. “When it comes to land management, the whole absolutely is greater than the sum of its parts, and Elaine’s work proves it,” Leigh continues, “but we would not know that without the take-it-apart science that got her there. It’s a fascinating, and confounding relationship.”

And while farmers rely on science, and relish efficient technique, inspiration carries equal weight in such a risky business. Langsner admits that she has improved her garden’s soil and her composting technique by leaps and bounds since first hearing Elaine’s teaching, and the rewards dig deep. “Watching hard clay turn into friable, fragrant soil is one of the most satisfying things I have done in my life,” she says.

Attendance to Dr. Ingham’s workshop on March 6 at Living Web Farms is $35.00. Register at LivingWebFarms.org. Admittance to the keynote address on March 7th is $12 for Organic Growers School Conference attendees, and $20.00 for participants not attending the weekend’s Conference. Visit http://www.organicgrowersschool.org. For more information about Dr. Elaine Ingham, visit Soil Food Web, Inc.

Meredith Leigh, Living Web Farms, http://www.livingwebfarms.org, 828.668.2127, [email protected]

Modal title

Living Web Farms is a non profit research and education farm in Mills River, North Carolina. Offering year-round, hands-on education for sustainable livelihoods.
Living Web Farms is a non profit research and education farm in Mills River, North Carolina. Offering year-round, hands-on education for sustainable livelihoods.
22nd Organic Growers School Spring Conference, March 7-8, 2015 in Asheville, NC
22nd Organic Growers School Spring Conference, March 7-8, 2015 in Asheville, NC
Living Web Farms is a non profit research and education farm in Mills River, North Carolina. Offering year-round, hands-on education for sustainable livelihoods. 22nd Organic Growers School Spring Conference, March 7-8, 2015 in Asheville, NC

Contact PRWeb

  • 11AM ET Sunday – 8PM ET Friday
  • Contact Us

About PRWeb

  • About PRWeb
  • Partners
  • Partnership Programs
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • Resources

Why PRWeb

  • Why PRWeb
  • How It Works
  • Who Uses It
  • Pricing

Accounts

  • Create a Free Account
  • Log in
  • Contact Us

Do not sell or share my personal information:

  • Submit via [email protected] 
  • Call Privacy toll-free: 877-297-8921

Contact Cision

Products

About

My Services
  • All News Releases
  • Online Member Center
  • ProfNet
Cision Distribution Helpline
888-776-0942
  • Legal
  • Site Map
  • RSS
  • Cookie Settings
Copyright © 2025 Cision US Inc.