Consulting Services
Our consultants offer clear interpretations of lab results and relate them to practices and site specific conditions so that customers understand what adjustments are needed to improve their soil’s biology. We help clients identify and prioritize their goals for improving management and production, paying close attention to specific needs such as disease, pest and weed control, water/fuel reduction and fertility requirements. Our staff members have extensive knowledge on ingredients for compost, compost tea, and compost extracts. We explain brewing processes and appropriate equipment for compost turning and tea brewing to help rapidly increase the biological content of a depleted soil.
Soil Foodweb Oregon also offers onsite consultations to more accurately assess the needs of your soil. Identifying the relative positions of important landscape features, topography and irregularities in vegetation, provides information that can explain causes of problems. On site observation is the best way to evaluate these important variables.
The condition of any cultivated soil is a product of how it has been managed. Recommendations for improvements in soil health are only useful if they can be applied. A detailed understanding of management systems such as tilling, amendment application and irrigation, provides important data on what practices have led to the current state of the soil and what practices can be realistically applied to improve it. Familiarity with available equipment and relative placement of fields, pastures, buildings, water sources and waste retaining areas also informs the design of the best recommendation. We offer years of expertise to help achieve best practices that fit the needs of our clients and the biology in their soil.