This VORS 2024 presentation traces the major shifts in soil management practices that led to regenerative agriculture and highlight new soil science research, including rhizophagy, quorum sensing and theories of plant/microbe communications. NRCS soil health principles are also reviewed.

Presenter: Robert Kurth, Master Gardener

Video time stamps:

• 00:00-02:29 Introduction by Natasha Duarte, CAV Director

• 02:29-59:08 Robert Kurth, Master Gardener

• Download the slide deck (pdf)

Resources shared:

• The Five Principles of Soil Health - Interview at Groundswell 2019, Jay Fuhrer

• Soil Health: Principle 1 of 5 – Soil Armor, Jay Fuhrer, NRCS Soil Health Specialist

• Soil Health: Principle 2 of 5 – Minimizing Soil Disturbance, Jay Fuhrer, NRCS Soil Health Specialist

• Soil Health: Principle 3 of 5 – Plant Diversity, Jay Fuhrer, NRCS Soil Health Specialist

• Soil Health: Principle 4 of 5 – Continual Live Plant/Root, Jay Fuhrer, NRCS Soil Health Specialist

• “Soil Health … Our shared journey”, Jay Fuhrer

• “Quorum Sensing In The Soil Microbiome”, Dr. Christine Jones

• “Extracts & Slurries - Compost Tea - RegenerateLA Training Series 1 | Part 21”, Nicole Masters

• “Biopriming Seed Treatment”, Nicole Masters

• “Microbial diversity and root exudates as an important facet in the rhizosphere ecosystem” (Abstract)

• “The Four Stages of Plant Health”, John Kempf

• “Rhizophagy Cycle: An Oxidative Process in Plants for Nutrient Extraction from Symbiotic Microbes”, Dr. John White, et.al