Why are soil minerals so important and how can we use biofertilisers to remineralise our land?

This fascinating article published in the Organic Grower is based on experience and research carried out at Ragmans Farm. It explores biofertiliser production emerging as an important tool in the remineralisation of soils, “mimicking the epic journey of soil bedrock through to biologically available minerals.” It emphasises the importance of the approach to soil fertility not just being concentrated on building soil organic matter, it being the “full range of minerals that turbocharges photosynthesis” and suggests that we should feed the soil by feeding plants. It explores the importance of trace elements with regards to soil health, the consequences of lack of minerals, and the misconception of chemicals being the "devils business." It looks at what biofertiliser can enable farmers and growers to do, explains what it is, how to go about creating it, controlling pathogens produced through anaerobic environments, and the two biological transactions of chelation and sporulation.