Hi friend,

There are few things I love in this world more than soil. It’s where all life starts and where we go when we die.

What I don’t love is how poorly humans have treated soil.

Why don’t we have more respect for something that grows our food? Something that we need to continue life on Earth?

Soil science is an up-and-coming field with new findings happening all the time.

When the legendary (and recently deceased 😞) Dr. Elaine Ingham started researching soil biology in the 1990s, she was met with a lot of resistance.

Her colleagues in academia were convinced we already knew what there was to know about soil, and that it had a lot more to do with chemistry than biology.

But boy, were they wrong.

The reality is that humans have been destroying the soil across the world for thousands of years through tilling and other poor land management practices.

Because of this, most of us have never even seen healthy soil.

This means that scientists have been studying dead soil and unhealthy plants for centuries and treating that as the baseline.

It’s a big part of my mission to help others learn why and how to regenerate the soil around them.

Recent studies have shown that if we regenerated soil on a large enough scale, we could remove ALL Anthropogenic (human-made) carbon dioxide from the atmosphere within just two years!

And soil regeneration starts with compost.

Compost creates conditions where soil microbes can thrive, reproduce, and transform nutrients like nitrogen into plant-available amino acids.

Did you know that plants prefer to get their nutrients from eating microbes and microbial waste?

Having the nutrients present isn’t enough - the plants need to be able to access them with the help of microorganisms.

And when plants grow in healthy soil with a robust microbiome, they become immune to pests and diseases, sequester more carbon dioxide, and produce more nutritious fruits.

Want to learn more about how to regenerate the soil in your yard to grow healthier, happier, easier plants?

​Check out the Soil Secrets Masterclass for an introduction to how soil ACTUALLY works, what you can do to help, and a simple, non-overwhelming guide to getting started with compost.

Tory is an ecologist and landscape consultant. He helps North American gardeners transition from using outdated and harmful but status-quo techniques to using their yards to improve the health of our planet. Along with being a gardener for over 10 years, Tory has a Master of Science degree in Sustainable Design and is certified in Regenerative Soil Science.​

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