Course: SAT 100 Principles of Agroecology

Reading and Multimedia Assignments

Reading Assignments
Reading Assignments

Read Chapter 8, " Soil," Chapter 9, "Water in the Soil," and Chapter 10, "Fire" in Gliessman book

Chapter 8 covers soil that we rely on for all of life: how it was formed from bedrock, the types of soil we find here on earth, how plants can germinate, grow roots, use nutrients and provide food for all biotic creatures, human, animals and organisms.  Also included are the specific processes needed to create fertile soil.

Chapter 9 discusses why it is important for water to stay in the soil and be used by plants, how water moves into and out of the soil.

Chapter 10 explains how fires have been used in ecosystems to help create more fertile and sustainable soil without using synthetic means.