The Science of Bionutrient
The Bionutrient Institute
We believe our mission of “increasing quality in the food supply” is achievable through the scientific inquiry related to agricultural management practices, food nutrient value, seed genetics and cultivars, and also by engaging the subtle energies that shape our reality. We study these aspects in our laboratories in order to lead us to a greater understanding of the overarching mechanisms that create and nurture Life.
The Bionutrient Institute was launched with the values of intellectual honesty and a vigor of curiosity to seek answers to our most foundational questions of health, nourishment and harmonious living.
While we are aware that science can be used for manipulation and misdirection for profit and control, we approach scientific inquiry as a pathway for discovery that offers deeper insights into the biological systems that support and nourish Earth and Humanity.
Our partners in this endeavor share these values and are expressed through the open source data platforms we support and create.
Defining Nutrient Density
While we understand that correlation does not prove causation and that grasping complex relationships requires collecting mountains of data over a long period of time, it is undeniable that human, crop, soil, and environmental health are deeply interconnected. Healthy food comes from healthy plants, and healthy plants come from biologically vital, ecologically regenerative, and carbon-rich soils.
But what is the definition of healthy food? What about ‘nutrient dense’ or ‘Bionutrient’ food?
Consumers have had few tools at their disposal for determining the relative nutritional value of the food they purchase. The truth is, we haven’t really known the quality of our food because nutrient density has not previously been measurable, let alone defined. Building Tools for Transparency in the Food Supply. It is our goal to make the nutritional density of food easily detectable and to incentivize the entire food supply chain to focus on nutritional value as a key metric.
We believe the new paradigm shift of focusing on the nutrient density in food and crops will not only improve human health, but also nourish ecosystems, with the potential to mitigate climate instability, as we enable growers to build organic matter in the soil to cycle carbon to its fullest capacity.
To learn more, visit: BionutrientInstitute.org