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The North Peace Applied Research Association is hosting a couple of 3-day soil health schools, taught by the Soil Health Academy. One of the instructors is Gabe Brown, a farmer/rancher from North Dakota, and I spoke with him about the school.

Interview with Gabe Brown (3:03 minutes) (1.40 Mb)

The Regenerative Farming and Ranching Soil Health School is being offered twice July 9-11 and July 12-14, both at the association’s research farm at Manning. 
 
Source : Alberta Ag and Forestry

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