Soil Health Secrets with Damian Buckley
9/17/2026 Shows ↗ (Jump To Original Content)
This episode of Across the Pond brings New Zealand soil expert Damian Buckley into the conversation for a deep dive into soil health and plant biology. Trent and Damian break down the powerful relationship between plants and soil microbiology, explaining how plants use root exudates to communicate with bacteria and fungi to manage nutrients naturally. They contrast this biological balance with modern chemical-heavy farming methods that disrupt healthy soil ecosystems. The discussion also covers how decades of breeding for yield and appearance have lowered nutrient density in food, plus how cattle instinctively seek out nutrient-rich foods like molasses through rotational grazing.
