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CEC, Bokashi & EM: Building Soil Fertility from the Microbial Level Up
Healthy soil doesn’t chase nutrients — it holds them. By combining Bokashi fermentation with Effective Microorganisms, growers can build CEC, improve nutrient access, and avoid overloading already-full soils. This is long-term fertility built through biology, not quick fixes.
🎄 From Food Waste to Living Soil: A Christmas Story from Llanfoist Fawr Primary
As the year comes to a close, Llanfoist Fawr Primary School is showing how food waste can become a powerful learning tool. With support from Food Monmouthshire and Agriton UK, pupils are turning everyday leftovers into living soil — and discovering that caring for the planet can be practical, joyful, and fun.
World Soil Day: Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities (and Why Your Compost Bin Matters)
World Soil Day highlights a truth we often overlook: our cities depend on healthy, living soils. From flood prevention to food growing, soil is essential urban infrastructure. By turning organic “waste” into local compost and rebuilding soil life, we can create greener, healthier and more resilient towns and cities.
Still Throwing Away Garden Waste? December Research Says We’ve Been Doing It Wrong for Years
A major multi-year study shows that leaves, clippings and other “green waste” are not waste at all. Discover how the Bokashi method transforms landscape materials into valuable soil-building resources, and why this research is reshaping circular land management.
🦷 “Good Bacteria and the Dentist’s Chair” – Finding Balance Where You Least Expect It
A routine trip to the dentist turns into an unexpected lesson in microbial balance. From gum health to gut health, this personal story explores why oral care isn’t just about killing bacteria — it’s about nurturing the good ones too.
🪱 When Compost Goes Wrong: Lessons in Regenerative Soil Management for UK Gardeners
Excerpt: When Compost Goes Wrong – Lessons in Regenerative Soil Management
Not all compost is created equal. Across the UK, gardeners and growers are discovering that even well-made compost can sometimes harm rather than heal. Contamination from persistent herbicides, or an imbalance in soil biology, can undo months of work.
At Agriton UK, we explore how regenerative practices — from Bokashi fermentation and EM Technology to balanced mineral nutrition — can help you rebuild soil health naturally. Learn how facultative microbes, fungi, and clean inputs work together to turn waste into fertility and restore the living ecosystem beneath your feet.
Grow better, naturally — with soil that regenerates itself season after season.
🎃 From Pumpkin Guts to Garden Gold: How to Have a Spookily Sustainable Halloween
Every Halloween, the UK bins over 18,000 tonnes of pumpkins – enough to fill 1,500 double-deckers! 🎃 Instead of letting your jack-o’-lanterns rot in landfill, turn those spooky leftovers into garden gold with Bokashi composting. Discover how Agriton’s microbes can help you cut waste, feed your soil, and make this Halloween truly spook-tacularly sustainable. 🌱👻
🌱 Supporting Compost Innovation in Cornwall
Across Cornwall, growers are proving that compost can do more than feed the soil — it can also suppress weeds. In new trials supported by Agriton UK, The Lost Gardens of Heligan and Prideaux Walled Garden are using bokashi fermentation and microbial composting to control oxalis and bindweed while building long-term soil health.
How to Brew Your Own 60L EM-1 Mix This Autumn
Autumn is the perfect time to brew fresh EM-A for soil health and composting. Follow our simple 60L brewing guide using EM-1 and molasses to keep your microbes happy all winter.
Wanted: Dead or Alive — How Microbes Keep Carbon in the Ground
When it comes to carbon, microbes are the true heroes of the soil — wanted dead or alive.
Alive, they build living systems through photosynthesis and root interactions. Dead, they become stable organic matter that locks carbon underground for centuries.
Through Bokashi fermentation, we can accelerate this natural process — feeding the soil, improving fertility, and helping the planet store more carbon where it belongs.