Composting for Profit:
"The Complete Thermal Compost & Compost Tea Training"
with Dr Elaine Ingham and selected farmers
Composting Foundations
Discover how to make biologically rich thermal compost, compost teas, and compost extracts. This training shows you how to cut down on expensive fertilisers and chemicals, rebuild living soil, and grow healthier plants, pastures, and animals. You’ll gain the skills to create compost that truly supports long‑term farm resilience.
Rare Footage & Expert Guidance
Before soil biology became popular, Farming Secrets captured Dr. Elaine Ingham’s early teaching in Australia. These recordings include her courses, workshops, and on‑farm demonstrations — bringing the Soil Food Web message to farmers, growers, and consultants searching for better farming methods.
Complete Learning Package
This program combines archive footage, step‑by‑step compost instruction, compost tea training, and farmer experiences. Featuring Dr. Elaine Ingham, Tony Evans, Australian farmers, practical workshops, revision sessions, and on‑farm demonstrations, it’s designed for anyone who wants to truly understand composting.
Break the Cycle of Rising Costs
Healthy soil starts with biology, not more inputs.
Fertiliser bills rise, chemicals increase, and soil health declines. Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web reveals soil as a living system of organisms cycling nutrients and building resilience. This training shows how compost, teas, and extracts restore biology, reduce reliance on inputs, and empower growers to rebuild soil life.
Build Fertility, Don’t Just Buy It
Practical, science‑based compost training.
Learn to select materials, balance ingredients, monitor piles, and make compost teas and extracts with confidence. This program blends workshops, farmer questions, and field demonstrations to show both the methods and the science behind them. Gain practical skills and deeper understanding to build fertility naturally.
Rare Footage, Real Story
Captured during Elaine’s early Australian teaching years.
Farming Secrets filmed Elaine’s courses, farmer discussions, and demonstrations before regenerative farming was mainstream. This archive preserves the early Soil Food Web journey in Australia while delivering practical compost training. It offers a rare mix of historical footage and hands‑on instruction for better farming.
From Science to Farm Practice
Bridging soil biology with real‑world farming.
Elaine explains the biology, Tony Evans demonstrates compost on farms, and Australian farmers share their results in real conditions. With workshops, revision, and field experience, you’ll learn how to apply soil life science to practical compost decisions. This training bridges theory and practice for healthier soils.
What You’ll Learn Inside
The Complete Thermal Compost Training
Module 1
True Fertility Compost & Compost Tea Workshop
Day 1:
What is compost?
The organisms in compost.
Important points in making thermal compost.
How to make thermal compost.
Important points of making worm compost.
How to make worm compost.
Compost Facts: Results using compost.
Day 2:
What is compost tea?
Factors in making good compost tea.
The compost tea making process.
Types of brewers.
Application methods.
Results using compost teas.
Module 2
True Fertility Compost Tea Revision Day
DVD 1. Compost tea brewing and extracts. The type of brewer and water quality. Composting. The use of herbicides and how to increase fungi.
DVD 2. What is essential when starting out? What is the difference between compost extract and compost tea? Discussion of crops and soil biology. What is VAM?
DVD 3. SFI reports from Eric Harvey, Jen Ribolli, Ruth and David Reid, John Bedwell, and an introduction to SFI advisor Gerhard Gresser, AgriSolutions. Practical demonstration on weed identification with Gerhard Gresser. Mark Fix demonstrates the rehabilitator, followed by an interview with Hugo Disler
Module 3
Compost — Just Do It!
This session deepens your understanding of compost making on farms, soil microbes, and biology in healthy systems. Elaine presents to farmers after visiting four dairy farms managed by Tony Evans. Learn limits of fertilisers, role of microbes, weeds as indicators, nitrogen forms, nutrient cycling, and real farm results. Approx. 4 hours.
Module 4
Dairy Farmers Discover The Unexpected Profits & Extra Benefits
Elaine joins Tony Evans visiting dairy farmers applying compost training. This video shows how soil biology delivers unexpected profits and benefits, with Q&A and farmer insights. Approx. 6 hours.
Module 5
Macadamia Production for a Changing Climate
Alan Coates trains macadamia growers in soil health, erosion control, and biological farming. Joined by Dr. Elaine Ingham and SFI students, the program shows how compost and biological methods restore soil, improve yields, and build resilience in changing climates. Approx. 4 hours.
Module 6
SFI Growers Programme
Dr. Elaine Ingham visits growers in the SFI programme to see how compost and compost teas are being applied. Through farm walks and discussions with Paul, Rob, Peter, and Michael, you’ll explore challenges, solutions, and results. Learn how soil biology restores structure, optimises root growth, and supports healthier plants. Approx. 6 hours.
Module 7
How To Make Organic Compost
Dr. Elaine Ingham demonstrates practical methods for making organic compost. Learn to select materials, balance proportions, and avoid common problems. Create nutrient‑dense compost rich in microbes, with Jack Waterman showing a compact compost surround. Approx. 80 minutes + eBook.
Plus lots more...
What is compost?
What is compost tea?
Interview with Elaine
Visits to farms of Elaine's students
Online reports
Webinars
Q&A directory
What’s included
When you enrol today, you receive:
7 Modules
Video training
Audio
Transcripts
Compost eBooks
Approx. 36+ hours of training content
Lifetime access to the course
Access on mobile and desktop
Certificate of completion
30-day money-back guarantee
Training with Dr Elaine Ingham and selected farmers
On-farm demonstrations, whiteboard teaching, slides, Q&A and real-world discussion
Transform Your Soil, Transform Your Future
Practical, science‑based training that makes composting simple, effective, and adaptable for growers, farmers, and consultants.
Science Made Simple, Results Made Real
Turn complex soil biology into practical steps that reduce inputs and boost productivity.
This training blends soil biology with hands‑on methods, making complex science simple to apply. Through demonstrations, farmer experience, and Q&A, you’ll learn how to build healthier systems, reduce reliance on costly inputs, and adapt composting principles across gardens, farms, and consultancies.
Imagine the Power of Living Soil
See how compost and biology transform health, cut costs, and unlock resilience in your system.
Picture compost that doesn’t stink or collapse, teas and extracts you can monitor with confidence, and plants thriving through soil biology. This training helps you cut input costs, improve health in farms and gardens, and give clients practical pathways toward resilient, productive growing systems.
Training for the Soil‑Health Serious
Go beyond surface advice with practical, science‑based methods for farmers and growers.
Designed for those committed to soil health, this course goes beyond surface compost advice. Farmers, consultants, and gardeners learn why compost works, how to reduce chemical dependency, and how to build resilient systems. It’s practical, science‑based training for anyone serious about healthier soils.
TESTIMONIALS
What others are saying
"Getting drill-down systems and how it all works"
- Comments from Assorted students attending the Compost 2 day workshop
"We are ecology managers rather than graziers"
- Eric Harvey
Ghilgai Farm, Guerie, NSW
"Revolutionize farming by restoring soil biology."
- Merron Chalmers
Agricultural Student, University of Melbourne
"It's all come together just nicely."
- Gerhard Grasser
Longwarry, Victoria
FAQ
The Complete Thermal Compost Training gives you practical, science-based instruction in how to make organic compost, compost teas and extracts with confidence.
You’ll learn from Dr Elaine Ingham and selected farmers through comprehensive video training you can access at your own pace.
Get instant lifetime access today for AUD $997.
Question 1: Who is this course for?
This course is for gardeners, growers, farmers, graziers, regenerative agriculture practitioners and consultants who want to learn how to make high-quality compost, compost teas and extracts.
Question 2: Do I need prior experience?
No. The course is listed as suitable for all levels and explains the core principles clearly and practically.
Question 3: Is this only for backyard composting?
No. The training is suitable for backyard and commercial composting. The principles can be applied across different scales.
Question 4: What will I learn to make?
You’ll learn how to make organic compost, thermal compost, compost teas and compost extracts.
Question 5: How long is the training?
The course includes approximately 23+ hours of video training across multiple workshop recordings and lessons.
Question 6: Do I get lifetime access?
Yes. Lifetime access is included.
Question 7: Are there downloadable materials?
Yes. Downloadable materials are included.
Question 8: Is there support?
Yes. You receive access to the Regrarians Workplace with a private study and support group.
Question 9: Do I receive a certificate?
Yes. A certificate of completion is included.
Question 10: What is the investment?
The course is AUD $697.
Question 11: Is there a guarantee?
Yes. The course includes a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Ready To Reduce Reliance On Costly Fertilisers And Chemicals?
Learn how to make biologically rich compost and compost teas with Dr Elaine Ingham — so you can improve soil, plant, pasture and animal health naturally.
Enrol in The Complete Thermal Compost Training today.
