Long time customer Jesse Wiser recently presented at the annual American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) conference in New Orleans. His presentation centered on methods small growers can use to improve the soil ecosystem.

During the presentation, Jesse demonstrated microBIOMETER® as a user-friendly, cost-effective tool to measure microbial health. The demonstration to an audience of small scale, mostly urban gardeners featured trial microBIOMETER® readings. These readings confirmed an increase in microbial biomass and fungal to bacterial ratio with the application of vermicompost extract, correlating with impressive plant growth and vegetable production.