Course Overview

Drawing from more than 15 years of teaching this course, and over 40 years of farming experience, this is a first-ever opportunity to receive certificate-level training in the production of nutrient-dense crops by the man who, in 2008, coined the term Nutrient Density.

Alternately known as Principles of Biological Systems, this course, taught by lifelong organic farmer and founder of the Bionutrient Food Association, Dan Kittredge, is centred on the knowledge and techniques necessary to produce nutrient-dense crops. Nutrient-dense crops have superior nutritional content to the norm and come from plants that are foundationally healthy. Symptoms of this health include pest and disease resistance, increased vigour and vitality, and decreased cost of production. Increased nutrient density, as well, correlates directly with increased flavour and aroma.

These numerous benefits occur only when crops are produced in soil that has high levels of microbial activity. As plants evolved to eat and be fed through a symbiotic relationship with their microbiome, establishing and supporting a high level of life in the soil is foundational in the process of producing nutrient-dense crops.

This course covers in detail the critical environmental conditions necessary to accomplish this reality. As microbes require foundational components like air, water, food, and basic minerals to flourish—along with a full spectrum of species present as well—it is the management practices necessary to realise this success that we focus on.