Hear, Hear, Grzbear!
That's how my thinking goes, too.
With extra emphasis on MINERALS!
Which come from ROCK...(sand/gravels/volcanic ash already in the soil)...
In WATER...
Over TIME!
Which simply means that our growing soil MUST LIE FALLOW (rest), open to the weather, weeds and grasses, and soil creatures (beneficial insects and micro-organisms); for long enough.
[We should be PAYING our farmers to let some of their land lie fallow, every year!!! (Balance of this paragraph removed by fledgling.)]
I appreciate that you say;
"Minerals are needed to aid in the conduction of ALL the activity through electrical\chemical reactions, a negative with a positive and\or an acid with a base."
You ROCK, Grzbear!!!
fledgling