Regenerative agriculture is gaining momentum across the world, but momentum alone isn’t enough. Farmers, land managers, and policymakers are all asking the same question: where’s the evidence? That’s what drove us to build GeoDataTrack® – an offline-first mobile platform that makes rigorous ecological data collection accessible and affordable. Because the truth is simple: you can’t manage what you don’t measure, and you can’t prove regeneration without the data to back it up. That’s also why we’re so excited about our collaboration with microBIOMETER®.
The regenerative movement has a compelling story to tell, but stories need data. Whether a farmer or land manager is seeking ecological certification, applying for results-based payments, or demonstrating progress to stakeholders, they need a structured, repeatable way to capture what’s happening on their land. Most monitoring platforms are built for large corporates with price tags to match, leaving the land managers actually driving ecological change priced out entirely. GeoDataTrack® was built to close that gap.
Soil biology is the engine room of regeneration. You can measure ground cover, species diversity, and water infiltration all day long, but without understanding the microbial community beneath the surface, you’re only seeing half the picture. Our collaboration with microBIOMETER® is a natural fit because we share a core belief: practical, affordable tools belong in the hands of the people managing the land, not locked away in laboratories.
microBIOMETER® is field-ready, delivers results on-site, and doesn’t require expensive lab infrastructure. A land manager can take a soil sample, run a microBIOMETER® test, and log microbial biomass and fungal-to-bacterial ratios straight into the GeoDataTrack® offline capable app, alongside vegetation transects, photo monitoring points, and infiltration measurements. One visit, one platform, a complete ecological snapshot.
The real power of this collaboration lies in what the data reveals over seasons and years. When a farmer shifts to adaptive grazing or introduces diverse herbal leys, the ecological response builds gradually. GeoDataTrack® captures that trajectory – every observation time-stamped and geolocation-stamped – while microBIOMETER® adds the vital biological dimension. Rising microbial biomass and shifting fungal-to-bacterial ratios are signals that the soil is responding to improved management. Together, this becomes compelling evidence for certification bodies, grant funders, and government schemes that increasingly demand demonstrable ecological outcomes.
We believe the future of regenerative agriculture depends on putting measurement tools directly into the hands of the people managing the land – because when land managers can measure change, they can manage for it. microBIOMETER® shares that vision. Together, we’re going far.
About GeoDataTrack
GeoDataTrack® is an offline-first mobile platform for field data collection in regenerative agriculture and ecological verification, priced at $150 per property per annum. Aligned with the Savory Institute’s Ecological Outcome Verification protocol, GeoDataTrack® puts rigorous ecological monitoring tools directly into the hands of land managers worldwide. Learn more at geodatatrack.com.
Overton Environmental Enterprises, Inc. is a Canadian company that develops innovative biotechnology solutions that reduce reliance on chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
Their EcoTea™ products and research are focused on helping farmers work with soil ecosystems instead of against them. In their years of research they have proven direct results from using broad spectrum biology but the impacts in the soil and changes in soil quality have been harder to showcase.
Three seasons ago they discovered the microBIOMETER® testing system. These tests have given them a way to benchmark pre application conditions, the post application changes and most importantly the improvements over time. This real-time way for farmers to see the unseeable has given them confidence in the value of biology for their soils and programs. They use microBIOMETER® to augment field data (i.e. help correlate scores with plant health data and yield). microBIOMETER® has allowed them to show how EcoTea™ can influence root bacterial to fungal ratios and determine (at least in part) the amount of resources the plant is allocating to the rhizosphere.
The microBIOMETER® has given us another way to showcase how re-introducing biology can help our soils and the hard-working communities that rely on them.”
EcoTea™ is a biological product with biodiversity like no other, built on the vision of soil biodiversity enhancing professional success. EcoTea™ combines a wide array of plant-supporting microorganisms fortified with added biostimulants to enhance soil quality and nutrient function. Diversity is the key, allowing our products to adapt and meet your individual site needs, based on plant response and requirements. Our proprietary process built with ecological engineering provides the functional microbial community associated with healthy crops and soil.
