Speakers

• Charles Dowding No Dig Garden Enthusiast, Horticulturalist, Author
  

  Charles Dowding

  No Dig Garden Enthusiast, Horticulturalist, Author

  Since 1982, Charles has made no-dig popular by creating and producing crops on four no-dig market gardens with different soils. He has written 14 books, has a popular YouTube channel and Instagram account, creates and sells online gardening courses, writes for gardening magazines, and gives talks/courses locally and abroad.

• Dr. Adam Cobb (Host) Content Creator & Science Communicator at the Soil Food Web School
  

  Dr. Adam Cobb (Host)

  Content Creator & Science Communicator at the Soil Food Web School

  Dr. Adam Cobb’s passion for agriculture emerged in 2008, during several months of volunteer work on organic farms across New Zealand. His time in graduate school at Oklahoma State University cultivated a broad vision for the restoration of living soils, as well as the power of research and community engagement to address global food production challenges. After completing his M.Ag in International Agriculture in 2011 and his Ph.D. in Natural Resource Ecology and Management in 2016, he spent five years as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and University Instructor. During that time, he secured research grant funding and taught multiple undergraduate and graduate courses on global food security, restoration ecology, and environmental science. His scholarly work, particularly his research on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, earned him numerous honors and awards. Doctor Cobb currently serves as a Content Creator and Science Communicator for the Soil Food Web School, bringing 15 years of academic education and communication experience to his work, including 20 peer-reviewed publications and 86 invited talks, seminars, and conference presentations on agroecology and plant-microbial symbioses. Additionally, Dr. Cobb serves as the Science Editor for the Soil Food Web School and helps ensure content is clear, credible, and meaningful.

• Dr. Elaine Ingham Founder, Soil Food Web School
  

  Dr. Elaine Ingham

  Founder, Soil Food Web School

  Dr. Ingham has advanced our knowledge about the soil food web for over 4 decades. Widely recognized as the world’s foremost soil biologist, she’s passionate about empowering ordinary people to bring the soils in their community back to life.

  Dr. Elaine’s™ Soil Food Web Approach has been used to successfully restore the ecological functions of soils on six continents. The courses offered by Dr. Elaine’s™ Soil Food Web School have been designed for people with no relevant experience – making them accessible to individuals who wish to retrain and to begin a meaningful and impactful career in an area that will help to secure the survival of humans and other species.

  B.A., Biology and Chemistry, St. Olaf College
  M.S., Microbiology, Texas A&M University
  Ph.D., Microbiology, Colorado State University

• Dr. James White Department of Plant Biology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  

  Dr. James White

  Department of Plant Biology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  James F. White, Jr., is Professor of Plant Pathology. Dr. White obtained the M.S. in Mycology and Plant Pathology from Auburn University, Alabama, and the Ph.D. in Mycology from the University of Texas, Austin in 1987. Dr. White specializes in symbiosis research, particularly endophytic microbes. He is the author of more than 180 articles, and author and editor of reference books on the biology, taxonomy, and phylogeny of fungal endophytes.