Healthy soil, healthy plants, healthy people

The journey from the earth to your gut

At microbz, we believe your health starts long before food reaches your plate.

It begins in the soil, the original home of the microbes that support all life on Earth.When the soil is thriving, everything it grows becomes richer, more vibrant and more nourishing.

When you eat food grown in healthy soil, you feed the trillions of microbes inside you that protect your digestion, immunity and wellbeing.

This is the soil-to-stomach connection and it underpins everything we do.

hands holding health soil after it has been used with microbz gardening probiotics

Healthy soil

Soil is alive.

A single teaspoon contains more organisms than there are people on the planet.

These microbes break down organic matter, cycle nutrients, build soil structure and protect plants from disease. Healthy, living soils hold more carbon and water, and deliver nutrients more effectively to crops.

When soils lose their microbial life, plants struggle and nutrient density declines.

Healthy soil isn’t dirt.It’s an ecosystem.

Nutrient-rich vs depleted soil

What should your soil look like?

without microbes

with microbes

Healthy plants

Plants grown in microbially rich soil are more nutrient dense.

They contain:

more vitamins and minerals
higher antioxidant levels
a broader spectrum of polyphenols

Why?

Because plants rely on soil microbes, bacteria and fungi, to unlock nutrients and funnel them into their roots. Without this microbial partnership, plants simply cannot access what they need.

Close to plant roots lies the rhizosphere — the plant’s external stomach. It’s the narrow zone where microbes break down and convert nutrients into forms the plant can absorb. These microbes work alongside mycorrhizal fungi, which can extend up to ten times further than the plant’s own roots, helping plants communicate with one another and bring in nutrients from far beyond the root zone.

When plants are nourished, they pass that nourishment on to us.

Healthy soil grows stronger plants.

Strong plants nourish healthy people.

Healthy people

Your gut is home to trillions of microbes that rely on the nutrients, fibres and natural compounds found in food.

When you eat food born from living soil, you feed your gut microbiome with the diversity it needs to thrive.

Your microbes convert plant fibres and polyphenols into short-chain fatty acids, which are powerful compounds that:

strengthen the gut lining
reduce inflammation
support immunity
influence mood and mental wellbeing
improve metabolic health

A rich soil microbiome supports a rich gut microbiome.

Good soil → good plants → good guts → good health.

woman in hat gathering vegetables in a woven basket where our soil starts with our microbes

Why this matters

We live in a time when soils are depleted, crops are less nutrient-dense, and our modern diets don’t give our gut microbes the diversity they evolved for.

Rebuilding our connection to nature, through the food we eat, the way we farm, and the microbes we consume, is one of the simplest, most powerful ways to support human health.

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What you can do

If you want a world with healthy soils and nutrient-dense food you can:

hands holding soil which is full of microbs that are used in our probiotics

Buy food from regenerative farms or grow your own

This can be expensive but perhaps the health implications of eating food that has less nutrition in them is also expensive

Support the movement to build back healthy soil

Some organisations are listed below:

Save soil , Regenified , Six inches of soil, Groundswell

Rewild your microbiomes with soil-based microbes

Sourced from healthy soils, these resilient organisms reintroduce missing beneficial bacteria to your system, supporting balance, digestion, immunity, and overall resilience.