A soil restoration practice that involves broadcasting finely ground silicate rocks, glacial dust, or ocean minerals onto farmland. The goal is to replenish essential trace elements and micronutrients that have been exhausted by decades of intensive cropping. This slow-release amendment improves soil structure, supports beneficial microbial life, and can increase the nutrient density of the resulting crops.
We're planning a heavy remineralization of the north field with basalt dust before planting the cover crop.
Also heard as
- soil remineralization
- rock dusting
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