The fifth and largest ever Soil Health Summit concluded Wednesday after two days of non-stop networking and educational sessions. Content from the event is being processed for posting as individual stories on this site, but in the meantime, here are links to the photo albums and interviews with participants for those who would like content to use and share.
Day One Photo Album
Day Two Photo Album
Audio Interviews
Preview interview with Shefali Mehta, Executive Director, Soil Health Partnership
Maria Bowman, lead scientist for the Soil Health Partnership
Seeds of Change Exceptional Educator award winner John Maxwell of Donahue, Iowa
Jon Doggett, National Corn Growers Association CEO
Kevin Skunes, ND farmer and National Corn Growers chairman
Kevin Ross, Iowa farmer and National Corn Growers First Vice President
Wesley Spurlock, Texas corn farmer and former NCGA president
Nathan Fields, National Corn Growers Association VP Production and Sustainability
Sean Arians, Environmental Business Development Lead, Bayer
Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, North America Nutrient Strategy Manager for The Nature Conservancy
Townsend Bailey, Director of Sustainability, McDonalds
Session Audio
Opening General Session – A New Year in Soil Health – Dr. Shefali Mehta, Dr. Maria Bowman
Opening General Session – Policy, Science and Soil Health – Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, The Nature Conservancy; Suzy Friedman, Environmental Defense Fund; Lakisha Odom, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Opening General Session – Consumers, Marketes and Soil Health – Sean Arians, Bayer Crop Science; Townsend Bailey, McDonald’s; Ryan Sirolli, Cargill
Day 2 General Session – Farmers Blazing a Train in Soil Health – Wayne Hurst, National Wheat Foundation; Kevin Ross, National Corn Growers Association; Karen Scanlon, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
Day 2 General Session – Technology and Tools Shaping the Future of Soil Health – Ken Copenhaver, CropGrower, LLC; Dr. Nick Ward, Ward Laboratories, Inc.; Eric Lund, Veris Tecnologies
Day 2 General Session – Into the Future: the Soil Health Partnership – Dr. Shefali Mehta, Dr. Maria Bowman, Elyssa McFarland, Jack Cornell, Anne Dietz