Welcome to the Cannabis Civation and Science Podcast.

I'm your host, Tad Hussey of Kiss Organics.

This is the podcast where we discuss the cutting edge of growing from a science-based perspective and drawn top experts from around the industry to share their wisdom and knowledge.

My guest this week is Dr. Anna Paltseva.

As an international urban soil scientist and assistant professor, Dr.

Paltzva's mission is to educate communities about the critical importance of soil health

and growing nutritious food, supporting healthy ecosystems, and helping to reduce harmful

greenhouse gases. Her expertise is in helping people identify and remediate soil contamination

in urban gardens. She has a passion to help others to understand the impact of heavy metals on the health of soils and the best way to improve soil quality. In addition to her appointment at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, she is taught at New York University, Cooney Brooklyn College, and the New York Botanical and Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.

This has led to her creating the Delta Urban Soils Laboratory at ULL that provides soil testing

services and informal education to communities and businesses across the country.

Now on to the show.

Hi, Anna.

Thanks for coming on the show today.

Hi, I'm so glad to the show. Hi, Anna. Thanks for coming on the show today. Hi, I'm so glad to be here and share what I know about soils and hopefully get excited.

People excited to test their soils and learn more what's in their soil.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

So I found out about you through Bryant Mason of soil doctor consulting. He

had mentioned you to me in regards to heavy metals. But can you just give, you know, listeners

a little bit of background into who you are and what you're doing? Of course. So I am Dr. Anna Pelceva.

I'm also known by Anya, which is Russian nickname.

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