Howdy Kat -Vital Mix- Soil Amendment was born out of decades of nursery experience, an Ecological Horticulture certificate from California Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems program at UC Santa Cruz, CSA farming in Austin and Howdy Kat land remediation. It was designed and used as an educational tool in service in 2017 for The Sustainable Food Center food growing classes on the weekend. In 2021, the market changed and there was a need for a proper local soil that could assist in growing plants in pots as well as in the various soils in ground around Texas.