Empowering Self-Reliance and Sustainable Living & Microbiomes
Empowering Self-Reliance and Sustainable Living & Microbiomes
Is your favourite fruit about to go extinct? The deadly disease pathogen Fusarium wilt TR4 (previously referred to as Panama Disease) has been wreaking havoc and ravaging the $25 billion global banana industry – with infected plantations experiencing 100% loss and being quarantined for decades. Colombia has already declared a National State of Emergency, …
The Worms Turn The year was 1936 and a young man, in-between that high school and college stage of life, was planning a little fishing expedition on his summer vacation. To fish you need worms, and all the worms were ready to go. Three cardboard boxes held the horde. It …
The chaos we see around us every day is not arbitrary chaos. It is organized chaos. It results from the fact that almost no one wants to take responsibility for their own lives and for the larger life of the planet and the biosphere. Therefore, those whose desire is to …
Soil. It’s our greatest treasure. It can take hundreds of years and many natural processes to make even a centimetre of soil. The mechanical and chemical weathering of rock makes up around half of any soil’s composition, with around 5% supplied by organic material, and the rest made up by …
It all depends how you look at it. “taking over everything” only logically is true when you look ay the fact that industrial chemical ag is what actually has already “taken over everything” and the unwanted side effects are what human hubris is guilty of picking on. Nature has its …
Beneath the surface of the Earth lives a tremendous diversity of microbes, including many species of bacteria and fungi. These microorganisms vary in shape and size, and most of them are not even as thick as a hair. Though invisible to the naked eye, soil microbes play a fundamental role …
In the beginning, the Earth was blessed with rich, fertile soil and lush vegetation. The soil was teeming with microbes—bacteria, fungi, and protozoa, to name a few. In the perfect cycle of life, these microbes broke down dead plant material and created substances and nutrients that nourished plants. When humans …
Let’s take a closer look at the overall process of decomposition of dead plant and animal tissue. The tiniest single-celled microbes, like any living thing, need to eat. What they prefer to consume is organic matter—anything that was once alive or, in the case of some pathogenic microbes, still alive. …
Recent scientific discoveries are revolutionizing our understanding of life, revealing a hidden language that transcends the traditional boundaries of biology. This intricate communication system, comprised of bioelectrical networks, pH gradients, and microbial interactions, operates both within our bodies and in the soil beneath our feet. While DNA and genes like …
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