Imagine stepping into a beautiful forest, the leaves crunching beneath your feet. You smell the sweet resin of the trees around you. Pine, Balsam Poplar, Birch - their sweet aroma filling you with a sense of ease. The birds are happily singing, and the sun is peeking through the overstory, dappling the ground in front of you. You head off the trail into the trees and take a seat beneath one of them. You look to your right and in the distance you see a spotted fawn napping safely on the forest floor. You don’t realize it, but the soil beneath you is teaming with trillions and trillions of Beneficial Microbes and Microogranisms that make this beautiful, sweet smelling, serene and magical place possible. The microbes and microorganisms are interacting with the trees, the fungi and all of the plants that are emerging from the soil around you. Everything is connected, communicating and working together symbiotically for the good of all, which is why this place is so full of self-sustaining, vibrant life and health. All is well. Life is sweet.

Enter Industrialization…All the trees have been cut down and the ground has been sprayed with chemicals to clear the land and kill anything that wants to come out of the ground. The microbes in the soil are damaged or dead. Nothing wants to grow here anymore aside from plants that don't belong here. The birds are gone and there are no sweet scents hanging in the air. The speckled little fawn has disappeared, off with it's mother to find a safer home (hopefully). The scent of decay and chemicals hang in the air. There’s a feeling of unease here. Sadness. Anxiety. Emptiness. There’s an overgrowth of non-native invasive plants starting to take over this environment. They never grew here before and they don’t belong in this ecosystem. As they spread out and take over, they prevent the growth of all of the beautiful diversity of microbiota, plants and trees that made the health of this ecosystem possible. They’re stealing the nutrients from this soil and stealing the space to grow. Taking more than they give. These invasive plants are not benefitting the environment. They’re only making it more sick. 

This is your gut on Industrialization.

As the Macro so the Micro.

The good news? This ecosystem has the capacity to HEAL. And so does your Gut.

With a little help, you can Heal and so can the Earth.

Actually, by taking action to heal and maintain your gut and overall health, you are promoting and supporting the healing of the Earth!