Leicester Lit & Phil Natural History Section: Understanding the importance of soil health

Joint meeting of Leicester Lit & Phil Natural History Section with the Leicester Main Lit & Phil Society. 

This talk will aim to provide listeners with an overview of the fascinating life found within the soil, how soil management changes the structure, chemistry and biology of the soil, and overall what this means in regards to “soil health”. This talk will also include how changing land use and climate change will have an impact on healthy soils, maintaining food security and improving biodiversity within the soil habitat. 

Dr Felicity Crotty is a Senior Lecturer in Soil Science and Ecology at the Royal Agricultural University. She has been researching soil biology and soil health for the last twelve years focusing on understanding the linkage between sustainable agriculture and soil health. Utilising her expertise within soil biology (earthworms, springtails, mites and nematodes), and how agriculture has an impact on this in relation to soil quality, physics and chemistry, within both livestock and arable sectors. 

Members will receive an email about a week before the event providing them with the information required to listen to the lecture using Zoom. Non-members may attend either via Zoom or in-person on payment of £5 (student non-members £3) by booking through EventBrite:

Zoom: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/409281350537

In-person: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/463708834607