Friends of LLELA || Getting to your Roots (AT)
Saturday, Janurary 17, 2026 || 9:30am – 4pm CT
Topic: Getting to your Roots: The Soil Food Web
Option A: In-person: All speakers
–Cost: $30
–9:30am – 16pm CT
–Location: Thrive Recreation Center || Dogwood Room at 1950 S Valley Pkwy,
Lewisville, TX 75067
–Includes breakfast coffee & pastries. Lunch is not included but will be available from food trucks.
Option B: Online Lowenfels Only
–Cost: $20
–1pm – 3pm CT
–During registration, select the “online only” option. One week prior to the event, you will receive the Zoom link to login from 1:00 to 3:00 to hear Lowenfel’s presentation.
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Topic: Getting to your Roots: The Soil Food Web
Description: Join us for a full day of digging into this topic, which includes several speakers,see below.
Speaker:
Jeff Lowenfels, a leader in the organic gardening movement & one of the most entertaining lecturers on the subject. He is the author of of a series of award-winning and bestselling books,
John Sackett: The Basics of Dirt || John has been with the USDA for 26 years, most recently conducting soil surveys and with farmers & ranchers to better understand soil as an important resource.
Dr Venessa Corrisher-Olson: Soil Testing and Soil Fertility || Venessa is a distinguished Extension Forage
Specialist and Professor with Texas A&M AgriLife, renowned
for her expertise in forage management across Texas.
Dr. Jane Duke: Soil Food Web Principles Applied at a North Texas Nature Center || Jane is a restoration ecologist,
educator, and passionate advocate for biology-driven land
renewal.
Registration: https://www.friendsofllela.org/event/getting-to-your-roots-the-soil-food-web/
Click the link following your option of choice, Option A or Option B
Report AT hours to AT: NTX: Other Pre-Approved Training (Approved for up to 6.5 hours AT)
Do not include drive time.
LLB 12/19/2025