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March 12, 2026 · 6 min read
The Tiny Organisms Transforming Farming | Karsten Temme | TED
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- 1This jar contains a few ounces of soil.
- 2From the plow to the grain combine, humans have invented tools to grow more on the same amount of land.
- 3But for all the good it does, fertilizer is an inelegant solution.
- 4So there's got to be a better way.
- 5What if we could wake them back up?
Overview
This jar contains a few ounces of soil. It looks pretty ordinary, doesn't it? But what you can't see is that it's teeming with life. The microbes inside are poised to become farmer's greatest tool and transform how we feed humanity. I'm Karsten Temme, founder of Pivot Bio, and I have dedicated my career to studying these microbes. They can and will revolutionize agriculture.
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