Genes & Greens Rethinking Soil from the Ground Up
For centuries, we misunderstood soil. We treated it as lifeless dirt — inert matter to hold roots, support crops, and absorb chemical inputs. This limited view shaped modern agriculture: soilless systems, synthetic fertilizers, and a relentless focus on what happens above the ground. But this story was incomplete. And dangerously so.
Today, science is rewriting that story revealing soil as a living, breathing ecosystem. The holobiont theory teaches us that plants and microbes form inseparable partnerships. Beneath every field lies a complex underground metropolis a teeming community of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms whose interactions dictate whether crops thrive or fail. These microbial networks are the true engine of plant health, nutrient cycling, and resilience.
But there’s a catch: 99.99% of soil microbes are unculturable using traditional lab methods. That means farmers are making critical decisions with only 0.01% of the biological picture. It’s like trying to fix an engine blindfolded. This blind spot has real-world consequences: regenerative efforts fall short, and degraded soils now affect 40% of the world’s farmland costing over $40 billion annually in lost yields.
We knew there had to be a better way.
So we asked a bold question: If microbes are the missing link in soil health, how can we actually see them? Traditional tests show nutrients and pH, but they tell us nothing about the living biology beneath our feet. What if we could reveal the microbial fingerprint of every field and connect it directly to crop performance?
Our Breakthrough: Biology Meets Technology
We built a first-of-its-kind platform that fuses genetic sequencing, satellite imagery, and machine learning to decode the invisible.
- Genetic sequencing tells us which microbes are present and in what abundance
- Satellite imagery gives us a real-time view of plant health, vigor, and stress patterns across entire fields.
- Machine learning stitches these data layers together — uncovering powerful links between microbial communities and crop outcomes.
The result? Farmers gain a new kind of vision — one that reveals why one part of a field thrives while another struggles, and how microbial imbalances (not just nutrients) drive those differences. They can now make precision interventions, targeting what the soil actually needs instead of applying treatments blindly.
This isn’t just incremental improvement — it’s a paradigm shift.
From Blind Spots to Blueprints
We don’t believe in choosing between biology or technology. We believe the future of agriculture depends on uniting them.
With our platform, farmers and agronomists finally have tools to:
- Restore degraded soils by identifying and reintroducing missing keystone species.
- Optimize inputs, reducing reliance on chemicals by working with biology, not against it.
- Track changes over time, using satellite data to monitor how interventions reshape the soil ecosystem and improve yields.
The most sustainable choices now become the most profitable ones. That’s how we scale regenerative agriculture from buzzword to business model.
Why It Matters For Farmers, For the Planet
IGS believes the future of farming lies beneath our feet. By unlocking soil intelligence through DNA sequencing and GIS technology, we help agriculture move from extraction to regeneration—feeding the future while healing the land.
Living Soil, Not Dead Dirt
Soil is alive—with microbes that drive fertility, resilience, and growth. We help farmers understand and manage it as a living partner, not a passive medium.
Regenerative, Not Extractive
Instead of depleting land season by season, we support practices that build soil health and long-term productivity—crop by crop, root by root.
Smart Tools, Simple Decisions
We turn complex microbiome and geospatial data into easy-to-use maps and insights, empowering better decisions on the field, every day.
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