About Us
Rebuilding Soil Health. Reducing Chemical Inputs. Delivering Safer, Healthier Food.
Ancient Organics is restoring the foundation of agriculture by rebuilding soil health, increasing crop yields, and reducing reliance on synthetic chemicals—all while improving the safety and nutritional quality of our food supply.
Decades of chemical overuse, poor land stewardship, and climate stress have severely degraded soils across the globe—undermining productivity, reducing nutrient density, and elevating the risk of food contamination. Environmental toxins like glyphosate, neonicotinoids, hydrocarbons, and heavy metals persist in our soils and food chains, contributing to widespread food insecurity and rising chronic health conditions.
We are addressing these challenges head-on with a new generation of science-based, organic biological solutions to rebuild soil health. Powered by advanced metagenomics and precision metabolic modeling, our proprietary microbial formulations are designed for real-world durability, long-lasting impact, and global scalability.
Our organic microbial solutions:
Improve crop yields – helping reduce food insecurity
Increase nutrient availability for more resilient crops and healthier food.·
Break down persistent environmental contaminants including glyphosate and hydrocarbons- enhancing food safety.·
Sequester heavy metals, reducing their uptake into crops and improving food safety.·
Reduce mycotoxin contamination to improve food safety.·
Restore resilient soil microbiomes to boost soil vitality.·
Enhance soil structure, water retention, and drought tolerance.·
Increase soil organic carbon, supporting long-term regenerative outcomes.·
Suppress plant pathogens naturally, reducing the need for synthetic pesticides.·
Lower dependency on chemical inputs while increasing ROI for growers.
The result? Cleaner food. Healthier soils. More productive farms.
We are not offering theoretical solutions—we deliver measurable, scalable results backed by data. Ancient Organics is reshaping agriculture from the ground up—rebuilding soil health and productivity while securing a safer, more resilient food future.
Our Team
Raul Cano
Raul Cano
Dr. Cano is a world-renowned microbialecologist and an expert on the soil microbiome and food borne diseases. He isProfessor Emeritus and Endowed Chair of the Unocal Institute of EnvironmentalStudies at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo,California, as well as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and theAcademy of Sciences of Cuba. Over the past 40 years Raul has used the power ofmicroorganisms to create human probiotics, and to clean up environmental soilcontaminants including agricultural chemicals and hydrocarbons. He alsodeveloped several diagnostic tests for food borne diseases for the Californiamilk industry. At Ancient Organics®, Dr. Cano creates powerfulorganic probiotics to restore the health and productivity of your soil and toreduce environmental pathogens and toxins from our food supply.
Robin Steele
Robin Steele
Robin has over 30 years of experience working in the life scienceindustry. She serves on the Boards ofDirectors of several publicly traded and privately held companies and advisesAncient Organics® on the development and commercialization of theCompany’s products.
Larry Clopp
Larry Clopp
Larry has over 40 years of experience in management consulting and international trade. He worked with leading consulting groups including Accenture, Cap Gemini and The Gartner Group implementing complex systems for global companies such as Apple, BMW, Cisco and Dell. He also ran International Operations for Adobe Systems, Hewlett Packard and Amdahl Corporation. Larry manages the Company’s internal systems, IT infrastructure and operations.
Our Advisors
Tim Fritz
Tim Fritz
Tim is the owner and President of King’sAgriSeeds, a specialty seed company located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that hasa network of dealers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the UnitedStates. A forage agronomist, Tim earned a B.S. in Agronomy from PennsylvaniaState University and a master's degree in Agronomy from Washington StateUniversity. Tim advises the Company on the design andexecution of field trials evaluating the performance of PaleoPower solution,including the ability to break down glyphosate and AMPA in contaminated soils,enhance soil health and improve plant micronutrient density
Kellen Huber
Kellen Huber
Kellen is the owner of Kel Teck Ag,Ltd., an agricultural consulting company based in Saskatchewan, Canada. Kellenand his family have been involved with agriculture in Canada for severalgenerations. He has overseen field studies of the Company’s PaleoPower producton more than 10,000 acres and multiple crop types throughout Canada and hashelped assess its impact on soil health and productivity. Kellen is currentlyusing PaleoPower to help rehabilitate over 1,500 acres of depleted andchemically degraded farmland in Saskatchewan.
Martha Carlin
Martha Carlin
Martha is a co-founder of Ancient Organics Bioscience. She isthe CEO of BiotiQuest which markets aline of human probiotics co-developed by our scientific founder and CEO, RaulCano Ph.D. and Ms. Carlin. Martha provides strategic advice to Ancient Organicsand assists in evaluating the ability of the company’s PaleoPower solution to breakdownglyphosate and AMPA in contaminated soils. She has co-authored severalpeer-reviewed journal articles with Dr. Cano and others regarding the resultsof those field trials.
Judy Daniels
Judy Daniels
Judy is Founder and CEO of Soil Sage, LLC, anenvironmental consulting firm with expertise in soils assessments and analyses.Dr. Daniels received her Ph.D. in Soil and Crop Science and SoilBiodiversity from Colorado State University in 2016. Her areas of expertise areland use change analyses, spatial statistics, and soil regenerative health andsustainability.Judy assists in the design and execution of ourfield trials of and oversees third party analyses of the impact of theCompany’s products on soil health. Dr. Daniels has co-authoredseveral peer-reviewed journal articles with Dr. Cano and others regarding theresults of those trials
Don Huber
Don Huber
Dr. Huber is Professor Emeritus at Purdue University who received variousdegrees in plant pathology from the University of Idaho and Michigan StateUniversity. He conducted agricultural research for 50 years focused onsoilborne plant pathogens. Dr. Huber is a global authority on the environmentaltoxin glyphosate and its impact on soil and plant health. Don consults on thedesign and execution of field trials of the Company’s PaleoPower solution andits ability to break down glyphosate and AMPA in contaminated soils. Dr. Huberhas co-authored several peer-reviewed journal articles with Dr. Cano and othersregarding the results of those trials.
Steve Kazemi
Steve Kazemi
Steve is afermentation chemist and the Founder of Pure Cultures, Inc., which produces aline of probiotic supplements for animals. Pure Cultures was acquired byCanBiocin, Inc., where Steve servedas Chief Commercialization Officer. He is currently a managing partnerat Synergy 5280, LLC, where he helps clients scale various scientifictechnologies. With a background in microbiology, fermentationand organic chemistry, he has has extensive experience in developing andoverseeing manufacturing processes to produce high-quality probiotics forhumans, animals and agriculture. Steve consults with Ancient Organicsin the areas of functional genomics,microbial fermentation and manufacturing.
Our Commitment to Sustainability
Our solutions do more than rebuild soil health and productivity—they support a healthier planet and a more secure food system. By increasing crop yields and improving nutrient density, we help reduce food insecurity while addressing the rising demand for clean, high-quality food production. Our formulations use only certified organic ingredients, and our biodegradable packaging ensures minimal environmental impact. Plus, by enhancing biomass production and increasing soil carbon capture, we play a direct role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Our solutions empower regenerative agriculture—done responsibly, from formulation to field.
