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...
Technology
Food Production for Our Modern World
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...
How Microbes Can Help Feed the World
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,...