Unsung Soil Heroes, the Soil Food Web
21st century farming tools are biology. Overview of the Soil Food Web (SFW) or soil biology. How the soil microbe biome and related soil organisms work together to make nutrients accessible for plants.
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Soil Ecosystem – How it works
Soil Food Web or soil microbe ecosystem as a flow chart, showing the functions of different components in feeding plants.
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Healthy living soil provides food, carbon sequestration, water purification and nutrient cycling
Soil Assessment Now Available
Members of SymSoil’s Science Team are available for consultation. We suggest that you send in a soil sample, SymSoil Assessment Order Form Katharine Hinson, SymSoil’s lead on the Science Team, has more than a dozen years of experience with improving Soil Health. She is available for on site consultation in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties. She lives …
Its SymSoil, Don't call it "Compost"
SymSoil provides integrated soil health. We focus on microbial diversity by recolonizing native soil biomes. Our biologically enhanced compost, like humus, dramatically improves nutrient availability, soil porosity and water retention. We hesitate to refer to our core product as compost because it doesn’t begin to describe what this material does. We have struggled to come …
Food Security & Climate Change: Let's Talk Soil
Soil microbes are key to the function of agricultural systems. Microbial populations play roles in nutrient cycling, from fixing nitrogen to solubilizing phosphorus. Thus started an interview with Dr. Kristine Nichols, the former Chief Scientist at the Rodale Institute, an independent research institute for organic farming. This is the same role SymSoil’s Senior Scientific Advisor, …
Regenerative Agriculture and SymSoil
Regenerative Agriculture is a system of farming principles, processes and practices that actively enriches soils, biodiversity of the soil microbes, the overall ecosystem and watersheds while effectively increasing soil fertility and agricultural yields. Most practitioners believe that Regenerative Agriculture can improve the resilience of the farmer and rancher economically, as well as the well-being of …