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Humus is dead, long live MAOM!

22 Oct 22/in Farming and Horticulture

Compost and manure certainly contribute to soil health, says Charles Merfield, but new research shows that root exudates from living plants are the true drivers of soil health – and that plant diversity is everything.   

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Dr Charles “Merf” Merfield is an agroecologist and head of the Future Farming Centre, which is part of the BHU Organics Trust. 

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