Growing Solutions for Healthy Soil
A big step towards our vision of building sustainable farm networks was made possible in November with help from participating Youngevity Members and NMSU community donors. On November 26, 2018 we held our first annual Regenerative Aggie Scholarship Fundraiser. The date was strategically planned to take advantage of Cyber Monday online shopping, and … Read more
How New Information and Chronic Pain Opened My Eyes to the Value of Hemp If you would have told me 15 or 20 years ago that I would be affiliated company that sold hemp, I would have laughed. No really. The idea would have been ludicrous to me. Afterall, I spent much of my young … Read more
Health Concerns Led International Businessman Glen Schultz to Abandon Fortune 500 Sales and Start a Farm As Glen Schultz researched the cause of his son’s ailments, he became concerned about the way milk and other foods were being produced. At first, he shopped from natural grocery stores. But that wasn’t enough. The more deeply he … Read more
Food Insecurity is a Barrier to Education Food insecurity is a growing problem in public schools, including college campuses. In a nation that was once considered the bread basket of the world, even prominent media like the Washington Post are making note of growing food insecurity on campus. Authors of a recent study out of West … Read more
The Origins of End-o-Fite Enterprises LLC End-O-Fite Enterprises LLC was established in 2012 with the intent to “end the fight” for food security by restoring microbes to agricultural soils and human microbiomes so that people would have better access to safe, nutritious food. Restoring microbes requires restoring nutrients. The two are inter-related in a … Read more
Nopales, or Prickly Pear cactus, include numerous species of the genus Opuntia which thrive in poor soils and arid lands. These cacti can be grown and harvested for their tunas, or fruit, and for their pads. They thrive in deeper, well drained soils, and can tolerate pH levels as high as 7.8. California researchers have investigated … Read more