A scientist and leader in the organic farming movement, she popularized the “soil food web,” an understanding that soil is a ...

The loyal reader knows I am an organic gardener. My first book was on the soil food web and popularized the concept that plants produce carbon-based exudates designed to attract specific microbes.

In the face of growing global challenges to agricultural sustainability, a new study has uncovered the critical role of soil micro-food web complexity in enhancing soil fertility and promoting crop ...

The most efficient way for a plant to gather nutrition is through the soil food web and from microorganisms and from the ...

Worms are some of the key helpers of the soil. Learn about the basics of healthy soil growth, and how to add nutrients to soil to promote healthy microorganisms, bacteria, and fungi growth while ...

Chinese scientists have recently revealed how long-term cultivation impacts soil fauna diversity and the stability of ecological networks in desert agricultural ecosystems, according to the Northwest ...

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The conversion of rainforest into plantations erodes and restructures food webs and fundamentally changes the way these ecosystems function, according to a new study published in Nature. The findings ...