If the regeneration of our soils continues to take place only in a small niche, in the foreseeable future there will be no more fields that can easily provide us all with high-quality and affordable food.
Regenerative agriculture needs to get out of the niche and into conventional agriculture.
This doesn’t work through politics, but through an affordable and easy-to-use fertilization method without major barriers to entry. The method must fit the workflows and the business economics of conventional farms.
RESOIL is precisely this method and is made available by TERRA8 to every farm (including organic farms, of course, because it can be easily certified by FiBL and integrated into organic processes).
Organic regenerative fertilization methods available to date (permaculture, effective microorganisms, etc.) are primarily optimized for soil regeneration properties. This pays off well on small areas, but the market conditions and operational parameters of today’s farms do not allow for widespread conversion to these methods in the short term.
RESOIL is optimized in every detail for today’s common workflows and the ever-shrinking margins of conventional farming operations. The RESOIL process manages to overcome all major obstacles to regenerative full fertilization in conventional agriculture. With RESOIL, it’s “clear sailing for the big changeover!”
Decades of fertilization with mineral fertilizers have brought the natural, soil-own nutrient stocks to the minimum. The process of leaching of arable soils comes to the final stage after decades. Without large quantities of mineral fertilizers, the required yields and qualities can hardly be achieved on a growing number of fields
Rainfall in Germany and Europe has become less overall and is more unevenly distributed than in the past. Ground water has become significantly less. The denatured soils hold very little water, so crops are increasingly drying out.
Common agrochemical mineral fertilizers, which are largely made from natural gas and require a lot of energy, have experienced price jumps of up to 400% since the beginning of 2021 in the EU. The availability of chemical fertilizers at profitable prices ruptured, and the complete dependence of the food supply on global supply chains, world politics, and monopolistic suppliers in the fertilizer industry was comprehensively demonstrated.
Without regard to the consequences for food production, the EU and its member states are imposing ever lower upper limits on the amount of mineral fertilizer allowed in the field. Agro-political tunnel vision on climate and water protection is already making food production at the required price level impossible on many fields.
The cost-yield calculation in conventional arable farming no longer adds up for a growing proportion of farms. However, organic regenerative fertilizer alternatives available to date are impossible to use without significant investment and yield loss. Medium-sized and small farms in Germany and Europe are at a crossroads.
RESOIL can provide the soils with the necessary amounts of nutrients and that in an organic way without coming into conflict with the regulations. RESOIL can do this in a cost-neutral way with local availability from the farm’s own material cycle. At the same time, the natural nutrient reserves are rebuilt to a high degree with the soil life and the fertilizer requirement is reduced more and more over the years.
Since 2021, we have been talking to agricultural businesses, associations and networks in Germany and Europe. The business pressures on farms are increasing steadily and at an ever faster pace.
When is your fertilization method finally available? The prices of mineral fertilizers and the governmental requirements will soon force us to give up our farm...
My land, which has been farmed organically for years, no longer has enough nitrogen to be profitable. A solution like RESOIL would be a blessing, because the fertilizers from composting plants cannot be used due to their contamination.
Our farm is located in the marshlands of Lüneburg. In this protected area we are not allowed to use any mineral fertilizers and organic methods are not profitable. RESOIL would be the solution to grow food locally at all.
We try everything, but we cannot manage to keep the humus balance neutral or positive. The RESOIL method would be ingenious because it would allow us to add living humus to the land every year with no extra expense.
90% of the population’s food supply depends on conventional farms, which cultivate an average of 60 hectares. Let’s get regeneration and supply security out of the niche and into the big picture for everyone!
