Soil-first regenerative consulting

Heal the soil. Grow the rest.

Food forests, regenerative farms, and truly organic systems, designed from the soil up. Built on living-soil biology, JADAM natural farming, and worm compost you make on your own land.

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Bare ground

Drag the dial. Illustration: species, heights and phases come from the GrowEssential species matrix.

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Use the tools first. Talk to us after.

Species matrix

114 species, screened and mapped.

Filter by climate, strata, lifecycle and role. Invasives flagged by country.

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Soil field guide

Read your soil like a paint swatch.

Match the colour, do the squeeze test, run a jar test. No lab needed to start.

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How we work · 01

Three pillars.
One direction:
down into the soil.

01
Diagnose the soil

Lab chemistry tests (Logan, Ward, Regen Ag Lab) + biological health (Haney, PLFA) + on-farm field reads (slake, infiltration, Solvita CO₂). Find what's missing before spending a dollar on inputs.

02
Build the inputs

JADAM microbial solutions, vermicompost ("black gold"), Johnson-Su bioreactors. Near-zero-cost biology you make on your own land from local materials. No bottled cure-alls.

03
Design the system

Food forests, agroforestry, cover crop rotations. Climate-matched, hurricane-resilient, invasive-screened by country. Native species first, non-invasive companions second.

+26%
Yield from vermicompost
Per peer-reviewed meta-analysis (Mathieu 2019, Springer)
5d
Land audit turnaround
Free first-actions report, every parcel
$0
Cost of JADAM inputs
You make them on-farm. We teach the recipes.
100%
Invasive-free recommendations
Country-specific screening before any species suggested
Why us · 02

Soil biology, learned where mistakes cost the whole crop.

Years of high-intensity, indoor cultivation forced me to learn what most regen-ag consultants only read about. What bacteria-to-fungi ratios actually do to yield. How a microbial drench changes a root system in 72 hours. What it costs you when the biology goes wrong and you lose the whole crop.

That same toolkit (JADAM inputs, vermicompost teas, Johnson-Su compost, on-farm soil testing) works for every plant a landowner wants to grow. From a backyard food forest to a 50-acre agroforestry project, the soil rules don't change.

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Hands holding dark living soil — the foundation of every regenerative system.
The foundation
Living soil. Diverse biology. Everything else follows.
Methods · 03

No marketing fads.
Just what the soil
responds to.

Every method below is either backed by peer-reviewed research or used at scale by named practitioners. We cite the studies. If the evidence is thin, we say so on the same page we're selling it.

01
Cited recipes

JADAM Korean Natural Farming

Ultra-low-cost microbial inputs you make yourself — JMS, JLF, JWA. Cho Youngsang's open-source farming system. Near-zero cost, built from local leaf mold and household materials.

02
Meta-analysis backed

Vermicompost ("Black Gold")

Worm-castings amendment. Peer-reviewed meta-analysis (Mathieu 2019): +26% commercial yield, +57% root biomass. The strongest-evidenced biological input we sell.

03
Institutional adoption

Johnson-Su Bioreactor

Static no-turn fungal-dominant compost. Dr. David Johnson's protocol. 12-month cycle. Applied as extract, slurry seed coating, or amendment.

04
NRCS-validated

Soil testing + interpretation

Lab chemistry (Logan, Ward, RegenAg) + biological health (Haney, PLFA) + field reads (slake, infiltration, Solvita). Numbers turned into a 90-day plan.

05
Country-screened

Food forest + agroforestry design

Native species + non-invasive companions. Climate-matched, hurricane-resilient. We screen out invasives by country — no neem in DR, no leucaena in pasture, period.

06
Long view

Long-term stewardship

Soil work is multi-year. Retainer engagements track outcomes against baseline tests — not vibes. Quarterly retesting included.

Species matrix · 04

114 species,
screened and mapped.

Every species we work with carries its strata, mature size, spacing, lifecycle, and an invasive-risk flag for your region — starting with the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean. Browse it like a catalog. We fit it to your parcel.

Coconut palm
Cocos nucifera
Emergent
Production Long cycle Naturalized

Coconuts · Coastal; long-lived climax overstory

↕ 20-30 m tall ⇔ 6-9 m spacing Tropical
Cacao
Theobroma cacao
Medium
Production Long cycle Widely cultivated

Cacao pods · Understory; needs 30-50% shade

↕ 4-8 m tall ⇔ 3-4 m spacing Tropical
Guama / Ice-cream bean
Inga edulis
High
Support Short cycle Caribbean native

N-fixer shade + chop-drop · Core cacao/coffee shade support

↕ 15-20 m tall ⇔ 4-6 m spacing Tropical
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4 climates Filter by strata, lifecycle & role Invasives flagged by country
Process · 05

From first call to thriving system.

01
Discovery call
Free 30 min. Tell us about your land.
02
Soil audit
Lab + biology + field reads. 90-day plan.
03
System design
Custom species + inputs + roadmap.
04
Build
JADAM inputs, compost, plantings.
05
Steward
Multi-year retainer. Quarterly retest.
Currently exploring · Dominican Republic

A regenerative project in the Dominican Republic.

Exploring the whole country, not one region — looking for where soil-first work earns its keep and who is already doing it well. The DR is the world's #1 organic cocoa exporter; the cooperative networks (CONACADO, COOPROAGRO, FUNDOPO) have already proven multi-strata agroforestry at scale.

We're partnering with people who've been doing this longer than most US "regen ag consultants" have been alive.

80%
DR cocoa surface area is organic
8,700+
CONACADO co-op members
2024
FUNDOPO got Regen Organic Certified
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Cacao pods on the tree — the cornerstone crop of DR agroforestry systems
The cornerstone
Cacao agroforestry — the proven tropical model.
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