When Mr. and Mrs. Saito founded Amurita Farm in 2014 on a forested mountainside in Niseko Town, Hokkaido, they were starting with land that had no agricultural history. Over the following decade, they converted that raw terrain into a certified organic operation with...
One of the most efficient ways to deliver beneficial microorganisms across a farm is through the water supply itself. Rather than applying biology field by field or animal by animal, farms with centralized water systems can introduce fermented microbial inoculants at...
New Zealand’s wine regions have been building a body of practice around fermented microbial inoculants in vineyard management. Naturefarm — operating as EMNZ in New Zealand — has documented how applied soil biology can contribute to vine health, understorey...
In the Pisco region of Peru, on the coastal desert where soil fatigue and pest pressure are constant challenges for fruit producers, a 36-hectare table grape operation made a deliberate shift toward biological soil management. The results — documented by EM Research...
One of the most practical entry points for bringing beneficial microorganisms into a crop system is the seed itself. Microbial seed coating — the process of encapsulating seeds with live or stabilized plant growth-promoting microorganisms before planting — has been...
