Ecosoil's mission is to provide products and services that enable farmers to raise their profits in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner, by decreasing their dependence on fertilisers and insecticides, as well as increasing the volume and quality of their production.
This result is facilitated through raising soil fertility and health by way of inoculation with favourable micro-organisms, the addition of organic material and the chemical balancing of soil. Compost tea is the cheapest and fastest way to improve soil fertility. In most cases the cost of the product is less than the savings achieved on fertilisers alone.
Healthy soil has the right chemical, biological and physical balance. Soil is chemically balanced if the minerals appear in the rights ratios and optimum levels. Soil is physically balanced if there is approximately 5% organic material, 45% minerals and 50% pores present. The pores must roughly be filled with equal parts water and air. These pores are created by the bacteria that secrete slime and bind soil particles in aggregates. Fungi in turn binds it into bigger aggregates. Other organisms like earthworms create tunnels which further aerates the soil. Most conventional agricultural land is compacted with little soil structure. This is due to the usage of inorganic fertilisers and insecticides that destroy favourable micro-organisms in the soil. Compost tea restores the biological balance again and improves soil structure and counteracts compaction.
