Growing Solutions for Healthy Soil
Few characters I dealt with in my years as as a researcher were as colorful as Chuck Redman. Chuck was a retired solar energy technician who had dedicated many lab hours during his career to exploring the movement of adsorbed water. After retirement, Chuck had become fascinated with the hypothesis that significant amounts of … Read more
Mirazie vs. Monsanto The recent filing of a class action lawsuit against Monsanto by Elvis, Edison And Romi Mirazie in the state of California represents the beginning of the windfall microbiologists have anticipated for decades as more individuals recognize the vital role microbes play in human health. At issue is the labeling of the herbicide … Read more
Who says you can’t grow blackberries in the desert? South of the Organ Mountains, near Vado, New Mexico, soils are characterized by heavy calcium carbonate (aka caliche) deposits on or near the surface. This caliche becomes sticky when wet, binding together to form an impervious, concrete-like layer that water cannot easily drain through. The natural … Read more
Introducing Cliff Love, of Profitable Growth Services as today’s guest writer. Cliff’s background in private agricultural services in the Northeastern US contrasts with my own perspectives, gleaned from public agricultural and environmental research in the Southwest. Yet our contrasting experiences have led us to a shared awareness that our sustainability is being threatened, not … Read more
Whole foods contain active enzymes and complex, living microbiomes Health and wellness experts usually agree whole foods are the best source of nutrition. Yet here in the US, we support an enormous dietary supplement industry, and many of those supplements offer only one or a few nutrients in a single pill? For example, one product … Read more
Chemical dependence begins in the soil where our food is grown. Chemical Dependency Is About So Much More Than Recreational Drugs Growing up on the edge of Generation X, I learned early on about the most universally recognized forms of chemical dependency. In our community, we were exposed to a number of people who drank too … Read more