Ask an Eco Advocate: Darrell Liski, CEO of EnBiorganic Soil Microbiology | Environment 911

This Canadian company is repairing the damage we've done to our planet's soil in a natural way

We need to stop treating soil like dirt. “When soil is healthy, it has the power to fix climate change and the problems we’re having today,” says Darrell Liski, CEO of EnBiorganic, which focuses on creating and using microbiology to restore soil to its natural state. “We’re nature’s remedy made ready,” says Darrell.

Why is that important? According to the United Nations, if present rates of soil degradation continue, the world’s remaining topsoil will be gone in 55 years, by 2075. And what does that mean for our planet?

Well, 95 percent of our food is grown in soil, and it has a ripple effect. Modern techniques in farming—such as tilling, plowing, spraying with dangerous chemicals and replanting every year, as well as harmful techniques and practices in animal agriculture—have eroded soil to an unhealthy level, and those chemicals are trickling down into our water systems and into the food we consume. When we damage soil, we substantially reduce its ability to retain and further sequester carbon. Without a healthy soil microbiome, the continuing release of carbon into our atmosphere leads to climate change.

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