The Foundation of Life: Understanding the Power of Soil Soil is a precious mixture of the living, the never-living, and the dead. It’s a vital resource for 98.8% of our food - and it’s not renewable. [1] Due to labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and restaurant closures during the pandemic, many farmers' harvests were left unharvested or went to waste. What is soil? Soil is a complex blend of tiny fragments of weathered rock, dead organic matter Material found in the ground made of both plant and animal matter: the carbon- containing compounds within soil. , living organisms, and an incredible number of microorganisms - namely fungi, bacteria, and protozoa. Within the innocuous dirt beneath your feet, there is a vast, living microbiome. This microbiome is the most important and mysterious part of soil. Just one gram of soil could hold up to 10 billion microo...