5 Reasons Why Soil Health Matters

1) Plant Health

Millions of microscopic fungi, bacteria, protozoa, decayed roots, and other organisms provide nutrients, food, water, communication systems, and foundations for native plant life above ground. This includes high quality and high yielding grasses, wild flowers, legumes, and forages in our pastures. 

2) Animal Health 

Nutrient packed plants better nourish our bison to flourish, and in turn produce free range, all natural, ultra lean, premium meat. Additionally, it creates food and habitat for other ruminant wild animals such as mule deer and white tail deer, birds, reptiles, and amphibians within the prairie ecosystem to thrive and reproduce. These animals help manage the grasslands by eating the top growth of plants, and returning their wastes through defecation back to the soil where the nutrients are recycled for plants to use again.  

3) Water Holding

Soil retains moisture through intact and decaying root systems, carbon, minerals, bacteria, fungi, earthworms, Arthropoda, and decayed organic matter. These microorganisms make tiny pores to increase water holding capacity in the earth. 

4) Decrease Erosion

Decimated top soil reduces soil fertility by stripping away the holding and storage capacity of nutrients, moisture, carbon, and other molecules essential for plant growth. Silt and sediment deposits make land less productive and more prone to flooding, while displacing essential organic matter. 

5) Environmental Benefits

Soil rich in microorganisms greatly impacts the environment by retaining, filtering, and improving water quality; capturing carbon; and creating a resilient and robust ecosystem below the ground and above the ground to sustain life.

- Allan Savory