THE LIVING EARTH FOUNDATION
Healing the Planet from the Ground Up!
Our First Bioremediation Project
THE MITIGATION OF LANDFILL GREENHOUSE AND ODOROUS GASES
The Living Earth Foundation is currently providing bioremediation services in cooperation with
the City of Los Angeles at their largest landfill, the Sunshine Canyon Landfill, to test the efficacy of
specialty microbial blends designed to remediate harmful greenhouse and odorous gas emissions.
Our specialty toxin-consuming microbes are currently being applied to the solid wastes at all
of the landfill's transfer stations as well as directly onto the refuse being deposited into the
landfill. In addition, Living Earth is beginning to provide bioaugmentation services at the
completed grassland sections of the landfill to establish microbial biofilters in the
plant root systems that help to remediate the harmful gas emissions.
Landfill Officials Preparing for Microbial Applications
HOW IT WORKS
A handful of healthy, living soil will contain billions of microbes. It should be noted that soils with an abundance of mineral nutrients - such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and calcium - would be completely sterile without the presence of microbes. It’s important that soils have BOTH, healthy amounts of nutrients and microbial life, for the plants to have optimum growth and productivity!
Most nutrients simply cannot be absorbed directly by the plant root systems. Microbes are able to digest and excrete many of these nutrients that the roots can absorb. They are so essential that the plants excrete nutrients through their root systems called “exudate” that attracts the microbes directly to the roots’ surface.
This creates a truly win/win, symbiotic relationship for both the plants and the microbes. Feeding the soil thus means restoring the beneficial microbes back into the topsoils and nourishing them with premium organic fertilizers so that the plants can thrive and flourish – and thereby produce the healthiest, most nutritious foods possible!
RESTORING THE SOIL'S HEALTHY MICROBIOME
A healthy soil microbiome is a diverse community of microorganisms that work together to promote plant growth, maintain soil fertility, and support a healthy ecosystem. The biological diversity of the microbiome is important, and a holistic approach is needed to improve soil health and crop productivity. It's a complex living system that resides primarily in the root systems or "rhizosphere" which include: bacteria, fungi, archaea, viruses, algae, nematodes, protozoa, arthropods, and earthworms – creating an interconnected biological soil food web.
The soil food web is integral to a healthy soil structure and, in turn, to growing healthy plants. As the soil organisms move, eat, grow, and die they cycle soil nutrients, suppress diseases in the soil, and improve water and air movement within the soil. Fungi, especially mycorrhizal fungi, play a crucial role in carbon sequestration due to their extensive hyphae network that can store large amounts of carbon from plant exudates. This is a key component for restoring airborne carbons back into the soil, which promotes a healthier agroecology for advancing a more productive climate-friendly agriculture.
The Benefits of Climate Friendly Ag Systems
SIGNIFICANT YIELD INCREASES
Regenerative Microbial Systems Naturally Cleanse and Restore the Vitality of Topsoils Steadily Improving
its Fertility Resulting in Significant Yield Increases & Lower Production Costs
MAJOR WATER REDUCTIONS
In Drought-Stricken Times, by Restoring the Beneficial Microbes Back into the Soil It Improves the Absorbency and Water Holding Capacity Resulting in Sizable Water Savings as High as 50%
ORGANIC CERTIFICATION
Organic Certification Requires a Three Year Chemical-Free Transition. With New Bioregenerative Systems, Most Growers Experience Sizable Yield Increases & Water Savings in the First Year!
CHEMICAL-FREE SOLUTIONS
RESTORES THE POLLINATORS
Advanced MIcrobial Systems Assist
in Restoring the Natural Soil Biomes to
Provide Superior Insect, Weed, and Disease Resistance WITHOUT the
Addition of Toxic Agrochemicals
PREMIUM COMPOSTING
RESTORES THE POLLINATORS
RESTORES THE POLLINATORS
Learn Valuable Techniques when Recycling Green Wastes Producing Fungal Dominant Composts that will Rapidly Cleanse the Soil & Optimize
Airborne Carbon Sequestration
RESTORES THE POLLINATORS
RESTORES THE POLLINATORS
RESTORES THE POLLINATORS
When the Soils are Revived and are Once Again Healthy, the Plants Thrive & Create Self-Regulating Systems that Resist Pests & Act to Strengthen
the Beneficial Pollinators
NO TILL COVER CROPS
STEADILY IMPROVE FERTILITY
STEADILY IMPROVE FERTILITY
It's Important to Keep the Topsoils Thriving w/o Disrupting the Microbial Cultures from Tilling. Diversifying with Cover Crops Helps to Keep the Soil Healthy and Increase Revenues
STEADILY IMPROVE FERTILITY
STEADILY IMPROVE FERTILITY
STEADILY IMPROVE FERTILITY
Discover How to Steadily Boost the Diversity of the Soil Microbial Biomass and Thereby Increase the Fungal-to-Bacterial Ratios for Consistently Improving the Overall Fertility
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
STEADILY IMPROVE FERTILITY
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
The Widespread Use of Toxic Agro-chemicals has been Steadily Destroying the Microbial Cultures that Keep Airborne Carbons in Check. Our Agroecological Systems Work to Restore Them!
Shane Plath, Owner of Largest Organic Banana Farm in South Africa
"Our farm was in serious trouble, but after implementing the soil food web approach we increased our yield by 150% in a single season. In addition, we were very successful to repeat this approach on different soils at different farms achieving excellent results. We also cut many input costs such as ferti-lizers by at least 60%. We continue to monitor and move our soils to a much better place, production continues to increase while many other benefits become apparent such as reduced disease, improved crop resistance to cold and/or heat, improved drainage, reduced soil salts along with better water holding capacity. It also improved the taste and has better shelf life."
Dr. David Johnson, Renowned Soil Scientist
"The soil food web approach is an effective and viable means of rapidly regenerating agricultural soils, enabling farmers to operate without the use of chemical inputs, thus protecting the world’s water-ways, insect, and animal populations. Restoring the soil food web to agricultural soils restores productivity and profitability to agriculture and results in substantial levels of carbon sequestration, and has the potential, if implemented on a global scale, to return atmospheric carbon to the safe level as identified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."
Gina McCarthy, First White House National Climate Advisor
October 8th, 2021: "By protecting our ecosystems, we strengthen the power of our soils, our grasses, and our trees to trap carbon pollution and help our natural systems to build up our resilience against the climate impact that we know that we are already facing. Taping into these natural climate solutions will protect public health, they will protect us against climate impact, they will promote biodiversity and yes, they will GROW OUR ECONOMY!"
Join the Climate Smart Generation
HELP US TO RESTORE THE FAMILY-OWNED FARMS!
Your contribution will help us to assist farmers shift to a
healthier, more productive way of growing organic foods.
We are Very Grateful for your Generosity.
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