Microscopy and Amendments

We learn from each territory, from each land with its broad range of specificities. That's why we first observe carefully, establish a careful dialogue, and don't believe in solutions or magic formulas that, at best, can only generate quick, short-term changes. Our commitment is as radical as our hope, and this decisively implies profound, long-term transformations.

We take as our starting point for soil fertility both the ecological conception of the earth's network of microorganisms (microbiome) and the principle of ecosystem succession and biological diversity, which in Mesoamerica began ancestrally with the milpa. We weave ancestral tools and knowledge with modern science because we believe this is necessary and urgent for the reproduction of life within the context of destruction and death in which we find ourselves.

Currently, in these territories, the microbiological perspective that places microscopy as a precision tool for working and regenerating the soil is still uncommon. Working with local inputs and materials to create biological amendments containing native microorganisms from all functional groups is also uncommon. We are convinced that this knowledge and techniques are sources of autonomy, as they break the dependence on inputs produced by corporations, many of them transnational. They also recognize the soil as a complex and changing super-organism, full of interactions between organisms.

We also promote the democratization and decolonization of science through the creation of community microbiology laboratories and collaborative research. We seek to speak of science in the plural, understanding that Western science is only one of many, because, as feminist theorist Sandra Harding tells us, "We all share the human impulse to understand ourselves and the world in ways that allow us to interact effectively with those worlds."

Contact us to order a microbiological analysis or learn about the soil microbiome.