South Africa is on a mission to improve its national soil health, and FIU is helping lead the charge. Over the summer, the agroecology program hosted a series of soil health workshops at leading South African universities, including the University of Venda, the University of Limpopo, the University of Johannesburg and the University of Pretoria. The initiative was made possible through a USDA Scientific Cooperation Research Program grant titled Training and Education for Agricultural Management (TEAM) to Promote Soil Health and Crop Productivity in South Africa. The project was conceived in summer 2023, when Jude Odhiambo, professor of soil science at the University of Venda, visited FIU as a Fulbright Scholar in Jayachandran’s lab. Students and faculty also received hands-on training with more than $10,000 worth of soil health instrumentation provided to South African universities.