In service to the soil that sustains us all

The Soil Food Web Foundation is a nonprofit organization carrying forward the life’s work of Dr. Elaine Ingham by empowering communities everywhere to restore and protect the Earth’s soil and living systems.

Our organization runs on the generous efforts of our team, partners, and volunteers.

If you have a passion for helping restore healthy living soil in every ecoregion of the globe, we welcome your help!

Four ways to get involved

Instant Support

Believe it or not, you can help support us in the next 30 seconds, and it only costs about a minute of your time!

  1. Watch and share the soil food web animation to gain more knowledge
  2. Share a free webinar with someone who also needs to learn more
  3. Post a photo of your soil, compost, or other soil healthy practice and tag us on your favorite social platform.
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Tell us what sort of programming you are most interested in seeing us provide.

Apply to Volunteer

If you want to contribute on a more traditional level, please email us at [email protected] with the subject line  “VOLUNTEER” And explain what skills you want to share to further our mission

Dr. Elaine’s Research

The woman who started it all

Dr. Elaine Ingham pioneered research in soil biology across the final four decades of her life and made her science radically accessible — so that anyone, anywhere, could learn to restore the soil beneath their feet.

This Foundation is her living legacy, and we hold it with care: not by asking the world to take her word for it, but by opening her science for the world to prove.

Read her published research →