How to bring life back to your soil
Topics:
- How plants feed in a forest and how we can get our crops to do the same
- Effect of different agricultural practices on the soil
- Microbiology as the engine of fertility and resilience
- Understanding the ecosystem as a whole
- Tools to enhance the health and productivity of our soils
- The soil as a digestive system and its connection to human nutrition
- How nature regenerates soils
The duration of the presentation is 2 hours plus Q&A.
The only technical requirements are a video projector and a blackboard for drawing.
About the talk
This talk explores the essential role of soil as a living ecosystem, showing how healthy soil leads to healthy plants, animals, and humans.
We will see how nature regenerates soil through living microorganisms and organic matter, and how modern agriculture must adapt by working with, not against, these processes.
The talk is a call to reconnect with the living cycles of soil, to heal degraded lands, and to produce healthier food—because we are soil, and soil is us.
About me – designer of training experiences for a new agriculture
My name is Alberto San Andrés and I design and coordinate courses, workshops, and talks that promote living, regenerative, and economically sustainable agriculture. With over a decade of experience supporting farmers in transition, I bridge practical science and traditional knowledge to create real change.
I have collaborated with figures like Radko Tichavsky (Holohomeopathy), Jairo Restrepo (Regenerative), Jaime Páramo (syntropic and agroforestry), and Helder Valente (permaculture), developing educational events focused on integrative agroecology, soil microbiology, syntropic and regenerative farming.
Through Ecolución, I champion a vision of autonomous, self-sufficient agriculture based on local microbiology, observation of spontaneous flora, and the application of science on the farm. My work also addresses the generational renewal of farming, promoting dignified, profitable agriculture as a real path forward for small and medium-scale producers, and as a resilient alternative to the challenges of the current agrarian system.
What people said at the last talk, on 24th April 2025, at Cilgwyn Barn, Cilfai, Newport SA42 0QP
The talk left a lasting impression on everyone who attended. Aisha called it “incredibly interesting and informative”. Yoshi described it as “fascinating,” and Sarah reflected on a “great evening” centered around a “fascinating and important topic,” praising Alberto as “such a passionate advocate” for the living soil. One guest even traveled down from London just for the event, sharing that Alberto’s presentation was “gripping — a journey full of insights into how our soil lives and sustains life.”
Alberto San Andrés
Soil Doctor at Ecolución (Murcia, Spain)