About Solarity Acres

When I was living in the city, I randomly searched for "can you keep a worm as a pet?" because I was curious...

It turns out you can, and it's called a vermicompost. So I made myself a worm bin and started composting at home. After a few weeks I applied some of the vermicompost to one of my cacti that I'd had for years and I was SHOCKED that it grew the biggest leaf I'd ever seen.

I was so blown away by this sudden growth on a cactus that had never produced anything before that I started researching. I quickly became absolutely obsessed with how soil works, and I soon started learning about how detrimental our agricultural industry is to the soil and the land. I knew something needed to change, and since then I've been devoting my entire life to learning, and sharing what I learn.

I was so hesitant to start making videos for social media. I really liked my life of relative solitude, and I liked being present and connected to the land. I worried that if I started posting on social media, I would lose touch with that.

But my friends kept telling me to share my story. They wanted to know what I was up to, alone in the woods all day. So I finally decided to make videos and in April 2024 I posted my first video to Instagram.

Since then, I've learned so much about video production, and about how to use social media to tell stories that actually resonate with people.

I always say "Feed your Soil, NOT your Plants", but what does it actually mean?

Synthetic fertilizers drench the soil in nutrients that are bioavailable to your plant roots directly. This sounds good, but it actually causes so many problems. Most of these nutrients don't even reach your plants, and instead runoff causing algae blooms and dead spots in the ocean.

There's a better way. In healthy living soil, there's trillions of soil creatures (like bacteria, fungi, worms and more) who help cycle nutrients. In this process, they are constantly building up the quality of the soil, and making sure your plants get the nutrients they need. By feeding your soil instead of your plant roots directly, you can improve your land every year and make growing vegetables, fruits and trees so much easier.

I am constantly reading, watching videos and talking to soil scientists about how to harness the power of nature to build the healthiest and best soil possible.

By shifting from our current extractive and destructive paradigm to a paradigm rooted in care, observation and reciprocity, we can build a better food system that will nourish all of us.

I'm working SO hard to bring really valuable and important information to people. To do this, I have to fight for your attention, and that means I have to make really engaging and concise videos. That takes a lot of time.

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