The EarthWorks Podcast

Updated: 02 Oct 2025 • 278 episodes
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The EarthWorks Podcast is a series of interviews and conversations hosted by many of the EarthWorks agronomists, featuring friends from the turf industry. Interviews include noted golf course superintendents, industry experts, agronomists and business people. These conversations are designed to inform and entertain. EarthWorks has been a leader in the discussion of Biological Soil Management and has been producing professional grade carbon based fertilizers for over 30 years. Each year over 15,000 soil tests are performed by the companies agronomists and all of this builds the focus of The EarthWorks Podcast. Please enjoy.

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In this week’s EarthWorks Podcast, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Grant McKnight, President & CEO of DuraEdge, and Eric Blanton, Western Region Manager for both DuraEdge and 4Most Sport Group. We explored the story behind DuraEdge—how Grant’s early work in mining and aggregates eventually led to the creation

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For almost four decades, EarthWorks has championed Biological Soil Management—long before carbon-based fertility became the industry norm. By creating soil conditions where microbes thrive, turf managers unlock better nutrient cycling, stronger recovery, and sustainable turf health. This episode shares the evolution of

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This week’s EarthWorks podcast is all about plant healthcare. Our go-to tree expert, Bobby Solar, joins us to share real-world results fighting bacterial leaf scorch, hemlock scale, and adelgid. He highlights innovative ways EarthWorks products can be used to strengthen and protect trees. Products discussed:  Foliars+

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In this episode, Kevin sits down with Doug Kieffer of Spectrum Technologies to explore the tools reshaping turf management. Doug shares his unconventional journey from aerospace engineering to agronomy, including his years volunteering in Uganda, and how those experiences ultimately led him to his role as product train

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For 35 years, EarthWorks agronomists have asked turf managers: What’s the most important nutrient in turf management? The answer is oxygen. Without oxygen in the soil, beneficial microorganisms can’t thrive—and healthy soil biology is the foundation of strong turf. The challenge has always been delivering oxygen effect

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The concept of Food as Medicine has been central to Biological Soil Management, drawing a clear connection between human health and turf health. Just as proper nutrition helps our bodies build natural immunity and resist disease, balanced fertility programs help turf recover from stress, develop stronger roots, and sup

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