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Microbial Analysis for Growers
Rated 4.5★ stars based on | 22 ratings · . Cost $14 · . Course Length: 3 hours estimated
One of the best kept secrets in agriculture is that microbes carry out every function growers rely on chemicals to provide. When you have adequate microbial diversity and density in your soil microbial community, your need for costly inputs can be reduced or...
Offered through Udemy | Taught by Dr. Mary Lucero, Mary Lucero
Sustainable Soil Management: Soil for life
Cost $169 · . Course Length: 3 hours estimated
This introductory environmental studies course will explore the importance of soil to life on earth, the issues, processes and societal challenges underlying soil degradation – and what can be done to ensure sustainable soil management for the future. The threats...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research, WageningenX | Taught by Dr. Coen J. Ritsema, Dr. ir. Michel Riksen, Dr. Jerry Maroulis and others
Organic Soil Building for the Backyard Organic Gardener
Rated 4.1★ stars based on | 8 ratings · . . Course Length: 1 hours estimated
Healthy, fertile soil is the key to growing abundant, nutrient-rich food. Organic gardeners recognize that their job is to build rich soil; abundant, nutrient-rich food is just a by-product of healthy soil. Feed the soil and the soil will feed you. In this...
Offered through Udemy | Taught by Samantha Langlois
Soil, The Key To Organic Gardening
Rated 4.2★ stars based on | 13 ratings · . Cost $13 · . Course Length: 1 hours estimated
In this course you will learn how organic gardening starts with good soil. I consider soil science to be the foundation to wholistic gardening. The goal of this course is to educate individuals who want to learn to garden organically and to show how it can be done...
Offered through Udemy | Taught by Marleny Franco
Nutrition and Health: Micronutrients and Malnutrition
Food, Nutrition and HealthRated 4.6★ stars based on | 3 ratings · . Cost $199 · . Course Length: 56 hours estimated
There is an overload of information about nutrition and health, but what is the truth and what can you do to improve the health of your patients? Learn more about nutrition and how our diet profoundly impacts our current and future health. This course addresses...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research, WageningenX | Taught by Sander Kersten, Alida Melse, Inge Brouwer and others
Citizen Science: Sensing the World
. Course Length: 0 hours estimated
Did you know satellites are constantly monitoring soil moisture, even in your garden? Monitoring the moisture in soil can help predict floods, fires and droughts.What topics will you cover? Earth Observation Citizen science Climate monitoring Climate and...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by GROW Observatory | Taught by Andy Cobley, Mel Woods, Pavlos Georgiadis and others
Soils: Introducing the World Beneath Our Feet
Rated 4.6★ stars based on | 3 ratings · . Cost $44 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is aimed at anyone with an interest in soils, biology, geography and environmental science....
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by Lancaster University | Taught by Alison Sharman, Philip Tubman, Tim Ellis and others
Nutrition, Exercise and Sports
Cost $169 · . Course Length: 48 hours estimated
Are you involved in sports or regular exercise and do you want to have a better understanding of the role of nutrition on performance and health? Do you want to learn whether certain nutritional strategies could be relevant for your own athletic performance and/or...
Offered through edX | and created by WageningenX, Wageningen University & Research | Taught by Dr. Marco Mensink, Rieneke Terink MSc, Pol Grootswagers MSc and others
Sustainable Food Systems: A Mediterranean Perspective
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . . Course Length: 40 hours estimated
The Mediterranean region is one of the most biodiverse in the world, home to a complex and intricate patchwork of cultures, climates, and cuisines. Food systems in the region -- represented worldwide by the "Mediterranean diet" -- are equally complex, demanding...
Offered through edX | and created by SDGAcademyX, SDG Academy | Taught by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Alessio Cavicchi, Sonia Massari and others
Principles of Hemp Cultivation
Cost $99 · . Course Length: 4 hours estimated
This course provides an in-depth investigation of hemp as an agronomic and horticultural crop. Agronomic principles pertaining to industrial hemp as a field crop are explored, including the cultivation, management, and harvesting of hemp for fiber and seed...
Offered through edX | and created by Doane University | Taught by Dr. Blake Colclasure
Water quality and the biogeochemical engine
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 70 hours estimated
Interested in environmental issues, but unsure where to start? This is the course for you! High quality water, to be provided for drinking and irrigation purposes to the world’s ever-growing population, is one Great Challenge in the near future. Explore the links...
Offered through edX | and created by EPFLx, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | Taught by Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Laurent Charlet
Project Management: Solving Common Project Problems
Become a Project CoordinatorCost $29 · . Course Length: 1 hours estimated
When you're balancing the triple constraints of project management (cost/quality/time) and trying to accomplish something new, problems are bound to crop up. In the course, project management trainer Chris Croft shows how to solve the most common problems that...
Offered through LinkedIn Learning | Taught by Chris Croft
As above, so below: An introduction to soils, ecosystems and livelihoods in the Tropics
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 42 hours estimated
Soils form the foundation of sustainable development. They grow our food, fiber and fuel, are a habitat for organisms, buffer and purify water and safeguard archaeological legacies. It is therefore of vital importance to understand how soil properties vary across...
Offered through edX | and created by KULeuvenX, KU Leuven | Taught by Karen Vancampenhout, Seppe Deckers, Stephan Mantel
Healthy Soils - Compost, Mulch and the Soil Food Web
Rated 4.6★ stars based on | 26 ratings · . Cost $14 · . Course Length: 1 hours estimated
The old adage "you are what you eat" is never more evident than it is today. Everything we grow and consume starts with the soil our plants are grown on. It doesn't matter if you're vegan, vegetarian or eat meat - it all starts with soil. This class will show you...
Offered through Udemy | Taught by Rob Littlepage
CARE: Nutrition in Ageing
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 16 hours estimated
What are the nutritional needs of older people? What happens when older people become malnourished? What does a healthy diet look like? As a care provider for people in their later years, these and similar questions will be familiar to you. Our bodies begin to...
Offered through edX | and created by ImperialX, Imperial College London | Taught by Gary Frost, Karen Abbott, Caroline Manus
Introduction To Food & Health
. Course Length: 3 hours estimated
Overview Internet Enduring Material Sponsored by the Stanford University School of Medicine. We find ourselves facing global epidemics of obesity and diabetes. To address these public health crises, we urgently need to explore innovative educational strategies for...
Offered through edX | and created by StanfordOnline, Stanford University | Taught by Maya Adam, Robyn Tepper, Catherine Sonquist Forest and others
Infant Nutrition: from Breastfeeding to Baby's First Solids
Rated 4.0★ stars based on | 3 ratings · . Cost $74 · . Course Length: 6 hours estimated
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course has been specially created for parents of new infants and healthcare practitioners with an...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by Deakin University | Taught by Carley Grimes, Karen Campbell, Dr Rachel Laws and others
Making Sense of Supplements
Nutrition Education for the ConsumerCost $49 · . Course Length: 3 hours estimated
No matter how hard you try, there is no escaping the endless stream of advertising for all the nutritional supplements out there. From protein and creatine to caffeine and other more-controversial performance aids, there is something tailored to every health,...
Offered through Coursera | and created by National Academy of Sports Medicine | Taught by NASM Faculty
Citizen Science: From Soil to Sky
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . . Course Length: 16 hours estimated
This course has been created for anyone interested in the environment. You don’t need any special experience but it might be of interest to small farmers, community and urban growers, gardeners, land managers and allotment growers, and teachers in...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by University of Dundee, GROW Observatory | Taught by Mel Woods, Pavlos Georgiadis, blair mckenzie and others
Microsoft Azure Developer: Refactoring Code
Application Development on Microsoft AzureCost $35 · . Course Length: 2 hours estimated
Businesses increasingly depend on quality Azure applications for critical systems. In this course, Microsoft Azure Developer
Offered through Pluralsight | Taught by Steve Smith