Over the years, agricultural practices have turned soil into dirt, depleting the soil carbon and beneficial soil bacteria and fungi. Salts don’t leach out and become concentrated. The salts inhibit plants ability to absorb nutrients. This means plants make less efficient user of water and fertilizer. Salt binds up and makes for “hard dirt” which then requires more passes with diesel-fueled farm equipment. Fertilizer, diesel and equipment are expensive today and water availability is a big question. It is more profitable to farm with Mother Nature. One of these easiest ways to participate is through no till or minimum till practices, although this is best suited to broad acre operations and takes a long time to see results. Another easy solution to boost soil function is through Microbial Soil Reclamation with Sequester, a liquid formula derived from natural occurring cyanobacteria and other healthy soil amendment nutrients. Sequester gets added to water and can be applied to the soil, seed, and plants. Biodel Ag, led by agriculture life sciences and farming expert Ben Cloud, has harnessed biology to develop the proprietary blend. I’ve seen Sequester help turn dirt back into soil by adding it to every irrigation over a year. It removed 80% of salts from the ground. Less salt means plants are more efficient at water and nutrient uptake, more crop per drop. Healthy soil absorbs and stores atmospheric carbon, which improves water holding capacity and helps soil bacteria and fungi thrive. Healthy soil ensures that we have an abundant supply of fresh fruit and vegetables in our supermarkets. Farmers, by following regenerative agriculture practices, can now get bigger crops with fewer scarce resources and be a part of the solution climate change. Healthy soils use less water, less fertilizer and absorb carbon from the atmosphere. That soil carbon reinforces the cycle It’s an opportune time for Biodel Ag.