Soil Food Web School (SFW), a global educational and training organization that teaches farmers, gardeners and environmentalists about restoring living soil ecosystems, recently conducted two soil biology education programmes at Sadhguru’s Save Soil Regenerative Revolution model farm in Coimbatore.
Speaking about the programs and collaboration with Save Soil, Evan Buckman, Executive Director, Soil Food Web Foundation, said, “Bringing our Accelerator Workshop to India for the first time has been a meaningful step for the Soil Food Web School.
The scale of Save Soil’s on-ground work with farmers and its strong connections across communities were key reasons we chose this collaboration.
Its model farm, already practising natural farming methods aligned with regenerative agriculture, provided an ideal setting for our 46 participants from 10 countries and seven Indian states to put their learning into practice.”
As part of the global Save Soil movement launched by Sadhguru, Save Soil model farms are live, practical demonstration and research centers that test and showcase regenerative, tree-based, and natural farming methods to restore soil organic content and also make farming a lucrative occupation.
Model farms are instrumental in showcasing the success of regenerative agriculture practices, helping to create a ripple of change across farming communities.
Soil Food Web School programmes offered at the Save Soil model farm allowed participants an opportunity to explore the diverse life within soil and understand its fundamental role in sustaining healthy agricultural ecosystems.
The first programme, a two-day Life in the Soil Seminar, was held on 16–17 October 2026 and attended by 61 participants. This was followed by a ten-day Soil Food Web Accelerator Workshop, held from 19–30 October, which concluded recently with 46 participants from 10 countries across six continents.
Participants came from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh, as well as Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Australia, Iran and the United States.
They included farmers, consultants, permaculture designers, microbiologists, agribusiness professionals, NGO leaders and soil scientists.
Speaking about providing practical exposure during the program, Loida, Director of Advanced Education, SFW, said, “Working with different compost recipes side by side gave participants something concrete to compare.
Why was one pile behaving differently from another? What needed adjusting? Those questions are a valuable part of learning, because making compost involves observing and responding, not simply following a recipe.”
The seminar introduced participants to the basics of soil biology and the role of soil organisms in maintaining healthy soil. The accelerator workshop built on this foundation through ten days of practical training spread across two weeks.
Participants learned to produce BioComplete compost, from selecting and mixing organic materials to building, monitoring and turning compost piles, while adjusting moisture and aeration.
They also prepared biological liquid amendments, including compost extracts and compost teas, and practised assessing their quality.
Microscopy was an integral part of the training. Participants examined samples of soil, compost and liquid amendments under microscopes, learning to identify microorganisms and relate their observations to conditions in compost piles and on the farm.
Soil sampling and field assessments further connected these skills to practical decisions about soil management.
The diversity of participants also brought different experiences and perspectives into the discussions. Through the exchange, participants explored how soil biology principles could be adapted to diverse local conditions, taking back practical insights to apply in their respective farms, organizations and communities.
