THE BIOTIC PYRAMID

MAN

ANIMALS

PLANTS

MICROBES

The above representation shows the descending dependency of life forms upon the earth. Man is the most dependent. If he wants meat, leather or a wide variety of animal-based products, he must obtain them from animals. All higher animals are ultimately dependent upon plants. Even the carnivorous animals are dependent upon animals in the food chain that are dependent upon plants.

What is not well understood is that all plants are dependent upon microbes. Modern soil microbiologists make it clear that soil fertility is the result of a dynamic aerobic microbial environment in soil. This biological food web sustains all living things upon the earth. Scientists report that soil is alive, truly and literally alive and no amount of chemical "plant food" will give the equivalent of a fertile soil. The late Dr. William Albrecht of the University of Missouri warned that soil fertility is far more complex than the practice of using the soil for a matrix to hold up the plant into which chemical nutrients are added to "feed" the plant while other chemicals are applied to the soil and plant to kill harmful pests.

Microbiologist F. Lyle Wynd states 'the plant eats at the second table--the plant gets what the microbes give it.' A handful of healthy soil contains more microbes than there are people upon the earth. The microbe is the base of the biotic pyramid upon which all life depends. This is why modern scientists state, 'if the microbes were to fail, all higher life on this planet would quickly vanish.'

The Bio-Generator® System develops probiotic technology that harnesses the power of microbes that enhance the natural processes. Improved soil biological diversity benefits agriculture to be more profitable while improving the environment for all living things on earth.