https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/8343aed6-c8e5-4e9c-8e44-718586674728 Didi Pershouse joins us today to go over why soil health should be treated as public health. ✅Access dozens of FREE soil science videos here 👉 https://bit.ly/3rwVz3u and learn about courses in soil health here 👉 https://bit.ly/3vqGKk2 Didi Pershouse is the founder of the Land and Leadership Initiative, and the author of two books: The Ecology of Care: Medicine, Agriculture, Money, and the Quiet Power of Human and Microbial Communities, and Understanding Soil Health and Watershed Function. Join us and Didi as she talked about how soil health should be viewed as public health. Follow the Soil Food Web Blog: https://www.soilfoodweb.com/blog/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soilfoodwebschool/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soilfoodwebschoolThe Soil Food Web School’s mission is to empower individuals and organizations to regenerate the soils in their communities. The Soil Food Web Approach can dramatically accelerate soil regeneration projects by focussing on the soil biome. This can boost the productivity of farms, provide super-nutritious foods, protect and purify waterways, and reduce the effects of Climate Change. No background in farming or biology is required for our Foundation Courses. Classes are online & self-paced, and students are supported by highly-trained Soil Food Web School mentors. Over the last four decades, Dr. Elaine Ingham has advanced our knowledge of the Soil Food Web. An internationally-recognized leader in soil microbiology, Dr. Ingham has collaborated with other scientists and with farmers around the world to further our understanding of how soil organisms work together and with plants. Dr. Ingham is an author of the USDA's Soil Biology Primer and a founder of the Soil Food Web School. 00:00 Introduction to Didi Pershouse 05:07 Aspects of health 13:35 Is Soil Alive? 21:01 Infiltration vs Runoff 25:45 The Soil Sponge 37:30 What happens if we lose the soil sponge 39:51 Health effects of drought 42:19 Health effects of flooding 43:20 General health effects of unstable soils 48:09 Care for life #SoilHealth #UnderstandingSoilHealth #DidiPershouse Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:37:20 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/8343aed6-c8e5-4e9c-8e44-718586674728 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.