San Francisco, California, USA
September 16, 2014

Access to cutting-edge microbial nutrient technologies to help eliminate agriculture pollution of diminishing water sources in California.

Bay Area-owned Norcal Ag Service Inc., an agricultural service company that provides 'fish friendly' fertilizers and other green farming technologies to Central and Northern California farmers, announced yesterday its exclusive distributorship with PAC BIO Fungbact Ltd, an India-based biological plant nutrient manufacturer.

The partnership will give California farmers access to cutting-edge microbial nutrient technologies that allow continued movement away from environmentally harmful fertilizers that have been heavily utilized in the region for decades.

Industrial agriculture is among the leading causes of water pollution in the United States today. In the 2000 National Water Quality Inventory conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), agricultural activity was identified as a source of pollution for 48 percent of stream and river water, and for 41 percent of lake water.

"We are really excited about what this means to the agricultural industry here in California," says Robert Waller, President of Norcal Ag Service Inc. "Growers now have a very cost-effective way to significantly reduce and/or transition away from the chemical fertilizers that have made such a mess of our soil and watershed.  These new biological technologies that companies like PAC Bio Fungbact are bringing to market are incredibly effective." 

With agricultural chemical fertilizer pollution on the rise in California and soil and water resources diminishing, these new products from PAC Bio and Norcal Ag Service couldn't come at a better time. "Microbes are essential partners in all aspects of plant physiology, but human efforts to improve plant productivity have focused mostly on the plant," says Ian Sanders of University of Lausanne, chair of the colloquium that produced the report How microbes can help feed the World. "Optimizing the microbial communities that live in, on and around plants, can substantially reduce the need for chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides."

"From what we have seen to date with the trials of these new microbial biological products has been nothing short of amazing.  Farmers who use these products will likely see an overall decrease in cost per acre for soil nutrients and an increase in soil health, plant health, crop quality and yield," states Yogesh Patel, Head of International Business, PAC Bio.

About Norcal Ag Service Inc.
Norcal Ag Service Inc. is committed to the promotion and use of sustainable agriculture and fish friendly products and solutions such as biological nutrient products, compost, gypsum and other soil amendments to Northern California farmers and communities including Napa Valley, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Sacramento, Yuba City, Chico, and more– See more at: http://www.norcalagservice.com

About PAC Bio Fungbact Ltd.
PAC Bio Fungbact Pvt Ltd is a green technology company committed to improving the productivity and sustainability of modern agriculture. Located in Gujarat, India, the company was initially founded by Shree Babubhai Patel as a Pramukh Agri Clinic in 2007.  The firm has moved to Asia's biggest high tech bio control laboratory - See more at: http://www.agriculture-xprt.com/companies/pac-bio-fungbact-pvt-ltd-55406#sthash.HEH6dFeo.dpuf