The Agroecology Research Center is established through a collaboration involving Maharishi International University, Soil Technologies Corp., and TC Alliance Foundation.
The center is designed to encourage collaboration among MIU researchers, Soil Technologies Corp., TC Alliance Foundation, universities, colleges, and industrial research organizations, including collaboration on research planning, funding, staffing, facility maintenance, and research approvals.
The facility will serve as a demonstration site for students, a student research project facility, and a faculty research center.
Research areas include applied microbiology in agronomy, including work with microalgae, beneficial bacteria, and beneficial fungi.
The center will support research on soil remineralization, soil conditioning, soil analysis, farm management systems, and crop responses to soil or plant treatments.
Research will also focus on advancing the understanding of soil health, organic agriculture, regenerative agriculture, and sustainable farming systems.
The center aims to investigate the relationship between agricultural production, food nutrition, and human health, including the concept of quality food production contributing to human health.
Research activities may include development and evaluation of plant protection strategies against insect and disease damage.
The center will support public presentations and educational activities promoting agroecological, organic, regenerative, and sustainable approaches to agricultural management.
The facility is intended for research use by postdoctoral researchers, PhD. candidates, M.S. students, undergraduate students, and MIU Regenerative Organic Agriculture faculty.
