I recently read “The One Straw Revolution” by Masanobu Fukuoka [1] and a lot of the technique seems to be around making sure the soil is cultivated for letting mycelium and bacteria do their thing. Mycorrhizal fungi seems to play a huge role in soil carbon storage, which is disrupted in modern agricultural practices [2].

[1]https://www.nyrb.com/products/the-one-straw-revolution?varia...

[2]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhizal_fungi_and_soil_c...