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The Bio Vibrant project is based on three challenging aspects of modern agriculture:

- Disassociation of food from the soil that produces it. The intensive land use policies implemented by the agri-food industry have added to generalised disregard for the structure and formulation of soil, ignoring the chemical, physical and biological elements of which it is composed.

- Soil impoverishment and imbalances. The excessive application of synthetic elements to increase short-term production, control diseases and unwanted populations, etc. has damaged soil's natural processes, caused mineral surpluses and deficiencies and limited the development of crops, intensifying the effects of diseases and the disappearance of biological control agents.

- Loss of nutrient density in foods. Continuous cultivation based on the provision of the main nutrients, relegating organic material and abusing synthetic products, has led to mineral exhaustion and consequently to a major decrease in the nutrient density of foods. Early studies like The Chemical Composition of Foods conducted by McCance and Widdowson for the Medical Research Council in 1940 (subsequently updated in several versions from 1946 to 1991) already reflected losses of minerals in fruit, vegetables and meat ranging from 10 to 76%.

Improving the availability of water, through treatment with FLUXXONE Magnetic, and the soil balance, by adopting the Ideal Soil guidelines, strengthens the quantity and quality of agricultural production. The application of this method increases agricultural competitiveness, responsibly restoring impoverished soil and producing foods with high nutrient density: Bio Vibrant foods.