Farms
How does it work?
By increasing the biological content of the soils ecosystem, we make the soil healthier. Doing this allows the soil to absorb more water, metabolize fertilizers and elements that have been placed in the fields for decades. Making the soil ecosystem healthy relieves stress on the plants, whatever they are, and allows them to utilize their own immune systems to ward off predatory herbs (weeds) and pests (insects), meaning less herbicides and pesticides required. Fewer toxins in the soil means fewer toxins reaching our water resources. Digesting and metabolizing fertilizers in the field keeps them out of our water resources and delivers them where they belong, to the plant.
Organically sufficient soil compacts in the hand, has a texture that can be molded in the grip, and contains moisture. Organically insufficient soil is hard, crusty, and resembles more of a rock and clod that a moldable, malleable substance. Even under desert conditions, organically sufficient soil keeps this structure. It actually contains numerous systems that makes up a ecosystem within the top soil.
Whether that soil resides on your farm, your golf course, your home, or your garden, increasing the microbial activity can help improve the quality of your soil and the quality and quantity of your crop, while reducing inputs such as water and fertilizer.
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