The soil food web is a science base approach to farming, gardening, and  food production, Pioneered by Elaine Igham, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Soil Microbiologist at Oregon state university. Soil Food-web is the community of organisms living all or part of their lives in the soil. It describes a complex living system in the soil and how it interacts with the environment, plants, and animals. Soil food-web describe the transfer of energy between species in an ecosystem.

What is food soils?

It describes a complex living system in the soil and how it interacts with the environment, plants, and animals. Food webs describe the transfer of energy between species in an ecosystem. … Heterotrophs are consumers that cannot make their own food. Why is the soil food web important?

In turn, soil organisms support plant health as they decompose organic matter, cycle nutrients, enhance soil structure, and control the populations of soil organisms  including crop pests.
Why is good soil important to a food chain?
Fungi are vitally important to soil health, and beneficial forms are found in virtually every kind of soil on earth. Like bacteria, fungi break down organic matter by digesting and excreting humus, thus recycling nutrients through the soil food web. Mycorrhizae are among the best known fungi.
Where do soil organisms live?
There many species that live in the soil and they range in size from tiny one celled organic bacteria, algae, fungi, and protozoa to more complex organisms like earthworms, insects, small vertebrates, and plants.
What is the role of bacteria in soil?
Bacteria perform many important ecosystem services in the soil including improved soil structure and soil aggregation, recycling of soil nutrients, and water recycling. … Bacteria perform important functions in the soil, decomposing organic residues from enzymes released into the soil.