Organic + Synthetic = SynGanic

Organics are a sticky subject. A common misconception is that organic always means “good” or “better” and that is simply not the case. Some organics are terrible for the environment, like bat guano and seabird guano, whose mining causes sensitive habitat destruction and other negative environmental effects. At Growthrive, we use only sustainable organics and are always improving our sourcing and production methods.

Now let's talk about synthetic minerals; some synthetics are even more destructive than the organic guanos--think man-made pesticides and herbicides--however, our refined synthetic minerals are produced efficiently, come straight from boring old rocks, and are unadulterated with man-made super chemicals. We take their usage in agriculture and horticulture seriously, which is why one of our main objectives is to reduce overall fertilizer use rates and thus reduce fertilizer pollution. To achieve lower pollution rates from fertilizer, you must first reduce usage, so we at Growthrive worked tirelessly to improve mineral bioavailability for the plants we feed. This resulted in us developing our own specialized organic acid digestion process for many of the minerals we incorporate into our products along with other forms of organic acid chelation, like amino acid bonding for micronutrients. For example: we bond iron with organic amino acids from soy and corn, creating an organic iron-amino acid chelation. Most other nutrient brands will use the man-made chemical ‘EDTA’ to chelate iron, but there are many studies showing that this man-made EDTA doesn't break down easily in the environment and can bio-accumulate--the effects of which are unknown. Because of this, we never use these persistent pollutants in any of our nutrients.