Cinderite is a high-energy soil amendment that can be mixed in with potting soils, germination media, bed preparation, farms, gardens and landscapes. It increases water retention within the soil and adds vital minerals and paramagnetism. It creates a physical improvement and stabilizes unhealthy, nutrient deficient soil. The angular porous pieces of lava hold and exchange nutrients efficiently and attract and redistribute energy back into the soil. Cinderite makes nutrients more available to plant roots and provides aeration and porosity to the soil. The simple and irrefutable fact is that if the force, called in the physics handbook paramagnetism, is not in the stone, although certain proportions of the chemicals are, little benefit will occur. This series is about that force, one among many, but the one most often missing from poor soil around the world. Poor soil produces sick plants, and since insects are scavengers, they are attracted to both old and sick plants. They are nature's recyclers. Crop plants should be young as they are harvested to eat. If they are young and healthy, insect losses are almost nil. If they are young and sick, losses from insects can be devastating. -Dr. Philip Callahan