Organic compost is better than any fertilizer you can buy at a store. It’s made by this area in Pasadena, California, and specifically for this area. Doctors have done studies on the value of farmers' markets, local growing, and the health not just to your landscape but also to you personally of having locally made compost. The food that you eat goes into the compost that feeds the plants that feed you. It’s a virtuous cycle.
Microbiology in general is showing to have tremendous abilities to heal our planet and to heal us. Beyond compost, probiotics, and prebiotics are things that are good for our gut health - the same way they can heal our bodies, compost is doing this for the earth. It’s like yogurt or kimchi or kombucha for the earth.