- EcoGEM, LLC, a Denver based Soil Health Company, uses Mother Nature’s Own Technology to help Heal Herself.
- We are proud that in celebration of National Ag Day, EcoGEM, LLC has joined the Decade of Ag movement, the first food and agricultural sector-wide movement to align around a shared vision and outcomes for the sustainable food and ag systems of the future.
- In doing this, we recognize that a unified vision of sustainable food, fiber and energy systems for the future requires collaboration, endorsement and advancement from across the agricultural value chain.
- Change will happen in AG, whether we like it or not. This is because the consumer who buys the brands, or goes to the restaurant farmers supply will demand more sustainability in the agriculture system. EcoGEM, LLC can help enable farmers and ranchers be more sustainable while and help make the recognized practices for soil health more effective while helping farmers and ranchers produce an ROI year one.
- Decade of Ag is comprised of a vision statement, along with agreed-upon principles for collaboration and co-creation of solutions. EcoGEM, LLC joins more 30 companies and organizations in endorsing it, as momentum grows within the agriculture sector to take bold, unified action to bring solutions to our communities and the planet.
- The shared vision is for a resilient, restorative, economically viable and climate-smart agricultural system that produces abundant and nutritious food, natural fiber and clean energy for a sustainable, vibrant and prosperous America. It is accompanied by detailed desired outcomes and principles for action.
- Emerging science has shown an achievable path for U.S. agriculture to become carbon negative.1, 2 But to reach that achievement, collaboration, partnerships and investment are needed for widespread adaption of climate-smart practices – like cover crops, diverse crop rotations, reduced tillage, precision fertilizer management and improved grazing systems. Doing so would contribute notably to global Sustainable Development Goals, as shown in a 2020 report published by U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action (USFRA).
- EcoGEM, LLC’s products focus on soil health. By improving soil health and soil structure, our products can improve water, nutrient and air infiltration to the deep root level of the soil, thus improving crop health and reducing input costs. And, with better soil structure, improved water, nutrient ad air infiltration, you get increased organic matter activity. This increased organic matter activity will enable the soil to capture more carbon.
References:
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2019). Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, 1990-2016.
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. (2019). Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration: A Research Agenda.
