Date: 7 Jan 2023 (Sat)
Time: 10 AM to 12 Noon
Venue: The Living Centre , 2 Hindhede Road Singapore 589239

 

 

Join this course and master the fundamentals to understanding soil in urban farming!

During our comprehensive course, you will understand the key fundamentals of what consists of good quality soil for your crops 

Here are the topics that you will learn in the course:

• Science Based Fundamentals of Soil Health in Urban Farming
• Different Soil Types and Microbe of Soil
• Soil Analysis using Soil Testing Methods
• How to improve soil quality

 This course is suitable for:

1.  Home Growers who grow crops in soil and want to analyse their soil
2. Small Farm Owners who wish to analysis their own soil
3. Community Farmers who wish to analsyis their soil

This Course Includes

	Detailed explanation and tips from trainer
	Hands-on practical guidance and practice in course
	Course materials to use during the course
	Notes and Access to Digital Materials via eLearning System for 12 Months

Question and Answer:

Question: Why doesn't my plants grow well?

Answer: Ms Faith Foo - The main reason is usually down to a few key ones. The soil could have been over or underdose with fertiliser. The most common mistakes is that gardeners and farmers overdose fertiliser. This tends to cause the soil to be thrown out of balance. One of the common mistakes is people throw a lot of egg shells into the soil. What they do not know is that overdosing calcium will throw magnesium out of balance in the soil. You may think your plants don't have enough magnesium, but they do not know the source of the problem is actually overdosing calcium!

Question: I actually do not know what minerals are inside my soil?

 Answer: Ms Faith Foo - Alot of growers do not bother do test their soil. But a well-skilled grower actually needs to know his soil very well. We will teach you how to do an analysis of your soil. No more guess work!

Conducting a soil analysis 

 

Question: I have been putting organic fertiliser..but how come my plants till facing problems like weakness and pest infestations

 Answer: Ms Faith Foo - I will teach you how to creative a healthy soil web of life. Because organic fertiliser will not work well if there is not a healthy web of life. 

Plants grown at The Living Centre with great soil

Plants grown at The Living Centre with great soil

Plants grown by Ms Faith Foo

 

Trainer:

Faith is the Founder of The Living Centre, and is professionally trained in Organic Farming in Australia as well as High Tech farming from Netherlands (HAS University of Applied Sciences). With expert knowledge in both Soil-Based and Soil-less Agriculture, she also lead the first series of Urban Farming SkillsFuture courses supported by SkillsFuture Singapore. Besides providing professional training in urban farming to the public and local university, she also provides consultancy to commercial hydroponic farms.

She has been invited as a key speaker at key gardening and edible farming events, including "Community Garden Festival", "Gardeners'Day Out" organised by Nparks Singapore. Faith believes in changing lives through imparting skills and knowledge to local growers in farms and gardening community.