Soil biology

The food web — microbes, fungi, worms — scored into one number.

The soil is a city

One gram of healthy soil holds more microbes than there are people on earth. They're the ones feeding your crop — the crop just cashes the check.

How we score it

microbes    biomass, by soil respiration
fungi       mycorrhizal networks, the soil's internet
worms       casts per liter, the visible vote
index       one number, 0–100, you can watch move

Why it matters

Chemistry feeds a season. Biology feeds a farm. The index tells you which one you're building.