Soil is memory of ancestral Indigenous land stewardship in food-forest systems

Jean-Thomas Cornélis (Associate Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Canada) will give this seminar, organized by the ELI-E department.

Abstract

When you walk across the land, do you ever think about the soil beneath your feet - where it comes from, what it’s been through, or what stories it hold? 

In this seminar, we will investigate how traditional practices like Indigenous forest gardening and cultural burning in British Columbia (Canada) can improve soil properties and help food systems thrive through local nutrient and resource circularity.