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How Do You Grow Better than Organic?
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For some people, the word “organic” simply means
that no chemical sprays were used on the plants.
This is good, but says nothing about the nutrient content of
the produce.
You can have “organic” food that has no more
vitamins and minerals than conventionally grown, if the soil
is deficient.
Over the years, our soils have been depleted of minerals and
trace minerals, which are absolutely essential for our
health. Farmers that add commercial NPK fertilizers are only
adding three basic minerals - nitrogen, phosphorous and
potassium. Where’s all the secondary and trace
minerals?
Plants can’t “make” minerals. The minerals
have to be in the soil first, then the microbial life in the
soil turns the minerals into a liquid form that the plant can
take up.
When chemical herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and
manures that contain antibiotics are put on the soil, the
microbial life is also killed. The soil is biologically
“dead” and cannot provide minerals for plant
uptake.
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