Tilth Conference

Conference Schedule

Tilth Conference

Conference Schedule

Keynote: James Cassidy

  • Date: Friday, November 14
  • Time: noon-1:15 p.m.
  • Speaker: James Cassidy, Oregon State University
  • Location: Great Room
  • Track: Keynote

“Soil! – What It Is & How It Works”

It’s ALL about SOIL! Most people only have a vague idea of what soil is and how it works. You will learn more than you ever thought possible from this lecture. What soil is, how soils form, the reason you are alive, what nutrients are, how soil stores water and nutrients – the fundamentals that ALL humans on the planet Earth should know!

About the Speaker

  • James Cassidy

    Oregon State University

    James Cassidy has been an Instructor of Soil Science at Oregon State University for over 20 years. The introductory class now has over 100 students each term and is very popular. James is also the founder and faculty advisor for the wildly popular OSU Organic Growers Club – OSU’s student farm. Coming from a non-traditional background (music industry for over 40+ years) he is passionate about soil and is popular with students because of his dynamic speaking style. The student farm project has over 300 student volunteers on it’s list-serve and continues to grow. Over 30,000 students have participated in the farm’s programs.  The farm is largely self-supported through produce sales and cultivates over 50 different fruit and vegetable crops and is in the middle of it’s 25th season.