Growers and the gut biota

Microbes breed in the soil, enter plants which act as natural pre and pro biotics which we eat to form our gut biota.

This process is the result of millions of years of evolution so we know it works but there are also harmful microbes, pathogens which lead to infectious diseases and can make us sick or kill us.

Beneficial microbes form our gut brain which regulates our bodies, specifically ensuring we store the right amount of fat in the right places leading to a long and healthy life span.

Unfortunately modern food does not feed our gut brain which is the underlying cause of the modern epidemic of diabetes, heart disease and dementia.

In the Gbiota system we careful regulate the conditions so the beneficial microbes out compete and out breed the harmful microbes.

The beneficial microbes need a combination of nutrients, water and air.

We breed the beneficial microbes in raised beds with a subsurface ag pipe.

Soil blood, a combination of water, nutrients and microbes is stored in a sump.

We pump the soil blood into the ag pipe at relatively high flow rates so it creates a pressure which saturate the surrounding soil before if has time to drain away.

The end of the pipe rises over a leaky dam which allows the soil blood to build up pressure then allows excess soil blood to return to the sump.

The area just above the ag pipe is loaded with organic waste which feeds the microbes.

It is then covered with soil, minerals and inoculants then seeded with either food or green manure crops. These plants exude nutrients which attract the beneficial microbes.

After a period, typically a few months the organic waste will have decomposed to creating a living, highly nutritious soil.

Soil blood is pumped into the bed expelling any stales air.

Excess soil blood drains back into the sump

Soil blood then leaks back through the leaky dam back into the sump sucking fresh air back into the soil.

The soil is breathing and the soil blood never become stagnant.

With the right conditions the beneficial microbes out breed the harmful ones.

Eco balance is the basic principle behind the Gbiota technology.

This soil is placed into Gbiota boxes and seeded to grow food plants which will act as natural pre and pro biotics.

Growers sell these boxes to their customers so they have living plants growing at their home.

This is important as microbes have a short life so the plants must be eaten shortly after harvesting before the microbes die. Harvested plants will take some time before they go rotten but the beneficial microbes will have died well before the plants go rotten.

When the customer has finished eating their plants they will swap their empty box for a fresh box.

Customers and growers develop a long term relationship, the customers have healthy plants growing at home so can look forward to a long and healthy life while the growers have a viable business knowing they are providing a valuable service to their local community.