Living Soil Roundtable: Sharing No-Till Knowledge and Microbial Insights | Public Works Service Center

Whitewater Gardens, The Olmsted SWCD, and The 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 18th, 2025from 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 shona.langseth@olmstedcounty.gov 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 weed management practices and how to incorporate practices to increase soil microbiology.