by plantnutritiontech | Dec 20, 2019 | Educational Resources, Green House Gasses, Technology
Conventional agriculture treats soil as a lifeless medium for plants to spread their roots through and collect added nutrients. The plant then must collect these nutrients themselves from the soil. This form of farming is fundamentally flawed, and removes a complex...
by plantnutritiontech | Dec 20, 2019 | Educational Resources, Technology
Why do the great forests of the world grow? The question may seem irrelevant to food production on today’s farms but the fact is that the answer to food production for the foreseeable future of Planet Earth is given to us by the continuous growth of our global...
by plantnutritiontech | Dec 20, 2019 | Educational Resources, Technology
Microbes and plants are intimate partners in virtually every life process. Microbes support plant health by increasing the availability of nutrients, enhancing plant root growth, neutralizing toxic compounds in the soil, making plants more resistant to disease, heat,...
by plantnutritiontech | Dec 17, 2019 | Educational Resources
This link is to a scientific study comparing organic versus non-organic foods and their nutritional value. The rather eye-opening account compares multiple studies done since 1980 and combines their results to see if organic food is more nutritious. The answer, of...
by plantnutritiontech | Dec 17, 2019 | Educational Resources, Featured
This document contains part of the answer to the question, “how do we get organic nutrients into our soil?” This explores the bacterial and fungal relationships with organic matter, and how that builds the necessary nutrients over time. While it focuses...
