BEAM COMPOST
"THE NEW GREEN REVOLUTION"
BEAM + Intensive Rotational Grazing
20 Tons of Carbon Added to Soil / Hectare/Year
74 Tons of CO2 Removed from the Atmosphere / Hectare/Year
Studies by Dr. Johnson show a 25-times increase in active soil fungal biomass and an annual average capture and storage of 10.27 metric tons soil carbon/ hectare/ year (approximately 38,000 pounds of CO2 /acre/year) Nearly doubles adding ruminants
20-50 times the currently observed soil carbon increase in the 40 equivalent no-till soils tested. Dr Johnson describes this Groundbreaking Method of Carbon Sequestration and atmospheric CO2 removal
BEAM Benefits
Improves germination and growth rates
Increase crop yields 50-100% or more
Improve water infiltration and retention
Better soil nutrient availability
Increases soil carbon sequestration
Decreased need for fertilizer
Reduces water usage up to 6 times
Read Dr. Johnson’s white paper on atmospheric CO2 reduction in soils of agroecosystems. (PDF)
Read the documented results of some of his research: "Development of soil microbial communities for promoting sustainability in agriculture and a global carbon fix. (PDF)"
BEAM contains 400-500 types of Fungi and 2700 types of bacteria according to laboratory meta genetics tests done by Dr. David Johnson. This extremely wide mix of diverse microbes offered to the plant roots greatly magnifies the likelihood of the most favourable bacteria/fungi being offered to the plants and surely explains why BEAM is so universally beneficial to a wide range of plants in virtually all environments.
Note: This website and company have no affiliation or endorsement from Dr. Johnson
BEAM (Biologically Enhanced Agricultural Management) combines a highly diverse, fungal dominant natural compost bio-inoculant with No/Minimal till, grazed land management that keeps the soil armoured and the soil microbes nourished with plant root sugars year around.
BEAM material is produced in a static pile, aerobic compost 'reactor' developed by Dr. David and his wife Su Johnson. It usually takes a year of more to produce this material and is applied at the recommended rate of 2 lb./Acre or 2 kilograms/Hectare.
Examples of BEAM Benefits
Seed Coated with BEAM
64 Days after planting
Control (No BEAM)
64 days after planting
Soil under left side of Tree treated with BEAM
Chestnuts: BEAM treated left - No BEAM on Rt.
Disclaimer: Although the iGrowOrganic Group is on the official registry with Ca. State Uni./Chico Center for Regenerative Agriculture as a producer of BEAM using the Johnson-Su Bioreactor system and has submitted verified Lab results which show a very high quality BEAM F:B ratio, the use of images from their site does in no way imply any endorsement by them, Dr. Johnson or Greg Judy.