Soil, What Makes the World Go Round
Soil is a living ecosystem vital for food production and climate regulation. Learn how regenerative farming rebuilds soil health, capturing carbon while increasing farm resilience and food nutrient density.
What Is Soil?
Soil is one of the most important things on Earth that supports life. And before giving examples of how conventional farming has destroyed our soil and the detrimental consequences, I’ll explain what it is.
Soil is composed of:
- Minerals (sand, silt, clay, rocks, pebbles)
- Organic matter (decomposed plant & animal materials, cells & tissues from soil microbes)
- Micro-organisms (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, arthropods)
- Water
- Air
What does a plant need in order to thrive?
Elements found in the MINERALS you see in dirt (sand, silt, clay, rocks, pebbles)
17 essential nutrients are:
Hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, chloride, iron, boron, manganese, zinc, copper, molybdenum and nickel.
