Name
Soil Is Infrastructure: Coordinating Restoration at Scale
Date & Time
Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 10:45 AM - 11:55 PM
John Heywood Lane Rylander
Description

Soil is living infrastructure, and when its carbon, structure, and biological capacity degrade, food systems, water systems, and economic systems grow brittle together. This session brings soil scientists, feedstock mapping experts, compost and biochar practitioners, and capital partners into one conversation to examine what restoration looks like at infrastructure scale: how food waste, agricultural byproducts, and underutilized organic resources can be redirected from liability to feedstock, fueling new markets, green jobs, and climate solutions simultaneously. Moving deliberately beyond pilots, the panel addresses the coordination challenge across tens of millions of acres, from the science of soil biology to the materials and logistics of circular systems to the underwriting frameworks that make restoration investable. The core argument is straightforward: if restoration is measurable and designable, the remaining variable is alignment, and this session is where that alignment begins.

Location Name
Cortez A
Sessionboard ID
SESS-182