Can Biology Fix Toxic Land? | Derek Lemons

Pat Militich sits down with Derek Lemons, founder of True Fix Biologics, for a deep dive into how targeted bacteria can break down the toxins hiding in manure, soil, and the food chain, and why biology beats chemicals almost every time. Derek came up through the forestry, lumber, and bio-stimulant industries before starting True Fix Biologics. He's spent years elbow-deep in manure of every type, and he connects what goes into livestock to what ends up in the soil that grows your food. In this episode: Why "organic" manure often isn't, and how synthetic inputs travel from feed to chicken to field ACZA wood treatment, recycled ammonia, and how industrial byproducts end up as fertilizer and everyday paper products IGRs (insect growth regulators) fed to poultry, and why fields near that manure have no worms or insects How antibiotics in manure block protein synthesis in soil and force farmers to buy more synthetic inputs The confined bull-calf operations behind much of the beef supply Poultry litter treatments, sulfuric acid, aluminum sulfate, and the real source of soil aluminum Quorum sensing and a different way to define what makes a bacterium a "pathogen" Bacteria as cleaners for drains, septic, janitorial, even a kid's fish tank Carbon sequestration and why Derek argues microbes, not cows or cars, are the real carbon program A probiotic that reportedly outcompeted antibiotics for a serious kidney infection Why he says to buy products based on the warning label, not the benefit Guest: Derek Lemons, True Fix Biologics. Sponsored by Soil Saviors (soilsaviors.org), Cell Saviors (cellsaviors.org, promo code PAT10 for 10% off), and Diamond Inc.