Urban Agriculture - Growing an Organic Garden
in Containers Abundance of fresh, healthy fruits and
vegetables can be grown inexpensively in containers virtually anywhere
-- at the edges of parking lots; along railroad tracks; on back porches;
on rooftops; in patios; in driveways; in vacant lots between buildings;
in brown fields or areas where there is a concern about soil pollutants;
in areas where soil nutrition is lacking -- just about anywhere there is
a bit of space, sun and access to water. By growing and eating chemical-free
foods you’re not only protecting your long-term health by reducing your
body’s overall chemical load, which can have a significant impact on your
level of health, but you’re also consuming far more nutrients in the same
amount of food. more
One of the greatest
obstacles to ending hunger is the way we think about it. Popular myths
immobilize us with guilt, fear and hopelessness. The
12 Myths About Hunger
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You probably know already that organic foods are good
for you. The major problem most people have with organic food is the expense.
However, there are several different ways to reduce the cost of your food.
Growing your own is probably one of the best, and can be very satisfying.
Organic food now represents a $14-billion business in the United States.
Unfortunately, the quality and meaning of the organic label is declining
as fast as the popularity of organic is growing. Sadly, you are actually
being ripped off by much of the organic food you buy. Many people have
realized this, and as food prices have risen, so has the increase in private
backyard vegetable gardens. Few things can compare to the pleasure of picking
guaranteed fresh, in season ingredients for your dinner right out of your
backyard.
The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers 60 percent of herbicides,
90 percent of fungicides, and 30 percent of insecticides to be carcinogenic.
Pesticides are also notoriously hazardous. Commonly used pesticides have
been linked to health problems such as:
* Neurotoxicity
* Disruption of your endocrine system
* Carcinogenicity
* Immune system suppression
* Male infertility and reduced reproductive
function
* Miscarriages
By eating organic and avoiding eating contaminated fruits
and vegetables, you’re not only protecting your long-term health by reducing
your body’s overall chemical load, which can have a significant impact
on your level of health, but you’re also consuming far more nutrients in
the same amount of food. On average, conventional produce has only 83 percent
of the nutrients of organic produce. Studies have found significantly higher
levels of nutrients such as vitamin C, iron, magnesium and phosphorus,
and significantly less nitrates (a toxin) in organic crops. Higher nutrient
content naturally means greater health benefits. A 2003 study in the Journal
of Agricultural Food Chemistry concluded that organic foods are better
for fighting cancer. And in 2005, scientists found that, compared to rats
that ate conventional diets, organically fed rats experienced a variety
of health benefits. click
here to learn more and watch Dr. Mercola's video
Fresh, healthy chemical-free fruits and vegetables can be grown in abundance
and inexpensively in containers virtually anywhere.
Experiments
on the rooftop parking lot of the office of The Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Chicago have proven the feasibility of growing high yields of vegetables
in children's plastic wading pools.
In 1993 Dr. Job
Ebenezer, Director for Environmental Stewardship and Hunger Education
at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chicago has proven that the use of
low-cost containers such as plastic children's wading pools is an easy,
affordable means by which to produce safe and nutritious food. The hope
was that the rooftop garden would serve as a role model for creative use
of urban space throughout the country. The need for such a project evolved
out of issues of food sustainability and several global trends: urban population
growth; farmland and forest land loss due to development; creative use
of wastelands in urban areas; recycling of food wastes in cities, and a
burgeoning community gardening movement that empowered poor people to grow
their own food in their own neighborhoods.
The
demonstration garden has proved to be highly successful. In 1997, gardeners
harvested 984 pounds of vegetables from 38 pools in an area measuring 1,625
square feet. One pool alone yielded an average of 22.5 pounds of tomatoes,
cucumbers, bell peppers, zucchini and a variety of greens. This is equivalent
to about 26,800 pounds. per acre, which far exceeds that of commercial
yields in the state of Wisconsin and even the national 1996 average yields.
This project demonstrates how fresh, healthy vegetables
can be grown inexpensively in containers virtually anywhere -- at the edges
of parking lots; along railroad tracks; on back porches; on rooftops; in
patios; in driveways; in vacant lots between buildings; in brown fields
or areas where there is a concern about soil pollutants; in areas where
soil nutrition is lacking -- just about anywhere there is a bit of space,
sun and access to water. These gardens use much less water than the amount
needed for conventional row planting in open fields. Growing Wheat Grass, Barley Grass and other Greens:
Wonder Healer Foods for People and Pets It's easy to grow wheatgrass and other greens at home, indoors or outdoors.
Wheatgrass juice is the nectar of rejuvenation, the plasma of youth, the
blood of all life. The elements that are missing in your body's cells -
especially enzymes, vitamins, hormones, and nucleic acids can be obtained
through this daily green sunlight transfusion. more...
Vegetable
Gardening In Containers If your vegetable gardening
is limited by insufficient space or an unsuitable area, consider the possibility
of raising fresh, nutritious, homegrown vegetables in containers. A window
sill, a patio, a balcony or a doorstep will provide sufficient space for
a productive mini-garden. Problems with soil-borne diseases, nematodes
or poor soil conditions can be easily overcome by switching to a container
garden. Almost any vegetable that will grow in a typical backyard garden
will also do well as a container-grown plant. Vegetables which are ideally
suited for growing in containers include tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, green
onions, beans, lettuce, squash, radishes and parsley. Pole beans and cucumbers
also do well in this type of garden, but they do require considerably more
space because of their vining growth habit. more
Discover
the secrets behind growing healthy organic food and eliminate harmful chemicals
from your diet How would you like to have fresh, organic vegetables always available
to you without costing a cent? The vegetables you buy from supermarkets
may look bright and fresh but did you also know they are constantly sprayed
with strong chemicals? These chemicals are dangerous and who knows what
they might do after years of exposure. I know for sure that I'm not going
to expose myself or my children to these chemicals, you shouldn't either!
Now... You don't have to!
Container
Gardening If you don't have space for a vegetable
garden or if your outdoor space doesn't provide the necessary elements
to produce the flower garden you've always wanted, consider the possibility
of "container gardening." A patio, deck, balcony, or doorstep can provide
enough space for a productive, attractive display. If you live in an apartment
with limited outdoor space, you might consider doing a little indoor gardening.
By using sunny window sills, you can grow a number of herbs.
---- Views
of my rooftop container garden in Holywood, April 1988
In 1987 my rooftop garden won the New American Garden Contest Special
Merit Award from the National Gardening Association. The National
Gardening Magazine featured a 6 page article
on my container garden. (other articles about my rooftop garden:
April
1988 issue 'Up on The Roof' - and also in the Futurist Magazine
March-April 1993 'Gardens in the Sky'). For 8 years
I grew a wide variety of fruits and vegetables such as grapes, corn, apples,
tomatoes, cabbages, blackberries, and much much more. Everything was grown
entirely in containers on the rooftop of my Hollywood apartment building.
By the 5th year, my container garden produced over one and a half ton (1500
pounds) per year of organically grown fruits and vegetables. click
here to view more photos and read the Special Merit Award article
from the National Gardening Association
I'm
harvesting grapes, grown in containers, on the building's rooftop
In a 1993 experiment, Dr. Job Ebenezer, Director for Environmental
Stewardship and Hunger Education also demonstratedhow fresh, healthy
cegetables can be grown in abundance and inexpensively in containers virtually
anywhere.
I'd like to give credit to Rodale's
Organic Gardening Magazine for a wonderful source of information that
helped me learn about gardening. I read that Rodale was forced to spend
a fortune in legal fees to defend his right of free speech regarding the
health benefit of organically grown food. (The
FDA - Who Do They Really Protect? Anti-Constitutional Activities and
Abuse of Police Power by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other
Federal Agencies
by James DeMeo, Ph.D.)
Sustainable
Agriculture explores the ambitious program Cuba embarked on during
the ten years subsequent to the collapse of the Soviet Union, a program
which fed the country's population. By 1999 Cuba's agricultural production
had recovered and in some cases reached historic levels. While rural farms
and farmers contributed greatly to this success, a key component was the
emergence of urban farms and gardens as the principle source of fresh produce
in cities.
"In
the early 1990's a strong urban agriculture was born in which thousands
of people produce food using organic methods that help supply basic foodstuffs
to urban families," said Dr. Funes. "The effectiveness of organic techniques
in urban gardening has been clearly demonstrated, and it is here that we
are possibly closest to the ideal of sustainable agriculture, due in part
to the prohibition of the use of chemicals because of the proximity to
dense human populations."
This
is a story of resistance against all odds, of Cuba's remarkable recovery
from a food crisis brought on by the collapse of trade relations with the
former socialist bloc and the tightening of the U.S. embargo. Unable to
import either food or the farm chemicals and machines needed to grow it
via conventional agriculture, Cuba turned inward toward self-reliance.
Sustainable agriculture, organic farming, urban gardens, smaller farms,
animal traction and biological pest control are part of the successful
paradigm shift underway in the Cuban countryside. In this book Cuban authors
offer details-for the first time in English-of these remarkable achievements,
which may serve as guideposts toward healthier, more environmentally friendly
and self-reliant farming in countries both North and South.
Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance: Transforming Food Production
in Cuba includes the contribution of thirty-two of Cuba's leading agriculture
researchers, plus three American experts on Cuba agriculture, including
Dr. Peter Rosset, the co-director of Food First. It also includes a prologue
by Professor Miguel Altieri of the University of California at Berkeley,
and an epilog by Professor Richard Levins of Harvard University.
"To understand Cuban agricultural development we must first look at
the richness of detail in this volume. Then we have to step back and squint
to capture the truly novel pathway of development that Cuba is pioneering.
And then once again we have to focus in on the details, and glimpse the
processes through which Cuba is creating something truly new and hopeful
for all of humanity." -Professor Richard Levins, Harvard University
School of Public Health
Solar Cookers International assists communities to use the power of
the sun to cook food and pasteurize water for the benefit of people and
environments. Many poverty-stricken families worldwide spend 25% or more
of their income on cooking fuel. Sunlight — solar cooker "fuel" — is free
and abundant. Money saved can be used for food, education, health care,
etc.
Solar cooking is the simplest, safest, most convenient way to cook
food without consuming fuels or heating up the kitchen. Many people choose
to solar cook for these reasons. But for hundreds of millions of people
around the world who cook over fires fueled by wood or dung, and who walk
for miles to collect wood or spend much of their meager incomes on fuel,
solar cooking is more than a choice — it is a blessing. For millions of
people who lack access to safe drinking water and become sick or die each
year from preventable waterborne illnesses, solar water pasteurization
is a life-saving skill. There are numerous reasons to cook the natural
way — with the sun.
Thirty thousand families in eastern Africa have added solar cookers
to their kitchens, freeing women from fuel gathering and fire attending.
Projects are typically 6-8 years from start to local sustainability through
local businesses. Widespread public awareness, quality consumer education
and local adaptation and production of attractive, affordable and accessible
cooker supplies are essential project components.
There are hundreds of millions of people around the world that could
benefit greatly from solar cooking and solar water pasteurization skills.
Perhaps a few million people already do. Solar
Cookers International team of global volunteers — along with a small,
dedicated staff — is working diligently to hasten the spread of vital solar
cooking technologies
Most soils have produced food for hundreds of years. The minerals in
those foods were eaten generations ago. Now depleted, the produce grown
is less nourishing and healthy. Fertilizers may increase growth rates,
but the produce has become a hollow food. In addition, synthetic fertilizers
may convert mineral ions into insoluble complexes, making it difficult
for the plants to absorb these essential minerals. Pesticides and herbicides
may kill or greatly inhibit the micro-organisms in the soil responsible
for solubilizing minerals so the plant roots can absorb them. Literally,
the minimal amounts of minerals left in the soil may become, to a large
part, insoluble and unabsorbable because of modem agricultural practices.
What
are humic substances? They are the sum total of all once living organisms,
mostly plants, disassembled by nature’s brilliant decomposition and recycling
processes, then highly refined by millions of species of beneficial soil-based
microorganisms. Ultimately, microscopic plants such as yeast, algae, mold,
fungi, etc., finish up the process. These tiny beneficial plants refine,
purify, combine, and re-refine, until tons of once-living matter are converted
to pounds and ounces. Yet miraculously, when it is all said and done, the
end product is not inert basic "dead" mineral elements, but is transformed
into the world’s most complex and ultra-compact molecules. Even the nucleic
acids, RNA and DNA, of the earlier life-forms remains intact. The molecules
are ultra-condensed and highly functional, rolled up into tight little
balls that are supercharged biochemical and phytochemical powerplants,
similar to storage batteries or fuel cells. Where did this supercharged
power come from? It is sunshine light energy captured during plant photosynthesis,
and through decomposition it is converted and stored within the interior
of the world’s most refined and complex molecules.
Humic substances are considered nature's own best medicine for plants,
animals, humans, and the Earth itself. This lowly soil substance has the
ability to clean up the Earth’s environment, neutralize radiation and deadly
toxins, heal the agricultural lands, fuel the spark of life in living organisms,
disarm and kill infectious pathogens, destroy the deadliest viruses, prevent
most, if not all diseases, and even cure and restore diseased and damaged
tissues and organs in plants, animals, and man.
Humic substances consist of an immense arsenal and array of powerful
phytochemicals, biochemicals, supercharged antioxidants, free-radical scavengers,
super oxide dismutases, nutrients, enzymes, hormones, amino acids, antibiotics,
antivirals, antifungals, etc. Humic substances are found in rich
humus soil in trace amounts. They are also found in massive ancient plant
deposits, never truly fossilized, still remaining completely organic.
Nature has a way of processing and refining minerals called the Fulvic
Acid Phenomenon. Organic Fulvic Acids are created by micro-organisms in
the soil, for the purpose of transporting minerals and nutrients from the
soil into a plant. From there, complex photosynthesis reactions produce
the components of all the various parts of the plant. Muco-polysacharrides
(complex carbohydrate sugars) flow throughout the plant for nourishment.
Some is returned to the roots. There, the micro- organisms are nourished
and produce Fulvic Acid to complex with minerals and nutrients to restart
the cycle again.
Fulvic acid is a Humic substance or extract. Fulvic acid is the
end product of nature's Humification process, which is involved in the
ultimate breakdown and recycling of all once-living matter, especially
plants. Fulvic acid contains all of the phytochemical protective
substances, amino acid peptides, nucleic acids, etc., from the original
plant matter, highly concentrated, refined, transformed, and enhanced by
the actions of innumerable microscopic plants, such as fungi. The Humification
processes prevents the original phytochemical protective components from
completely breaking down and turning back into basic mineral elements or
gases. Even small strands of RNA, DNA, and plant photosynthetic materials
still remain intact. Many of the original components become complex enzymes,
which have seemingly miraculous function.
The majority of research and experimentation that has been done on fulvic
acid is in relation to plants. Yet human beings have been ingesting
fulvic acid complexes regularly for over 60 years in supplemental form,
and for thousands of years from natural food and plant sources. Accumulating
testimonials continue to show that the beneficial properties related to
plant studies and cell hold true in relation to animal and humans as well.
Clinical research on animals and humans is currently underway, and updated
information will be forthcoming. Preliminary findings show
that the most prominent diseases and health problems of our day have been
dramatically effected in positive ways by supplementation or treatment
with fulvic acid and other preparations enhanced or created with fulvic
acid.
Fulvic acid has proven to be a powerful organic electrolyte, serving
to balance cell life. Fulvic acid readily complexes with minerals
and metals making them available to plant roots and easily absorbable through
cell walls. If the individual cell is restored to its normal chemical balance
thereby turning its electrical potential, we will have given life where
death and disintegration would normally occur within plant and animal cells.6
Fulvic acid has the outstanding ability to accomplish this objective in
numerous ways.
Fulvic Acids greatly enhance the bioavailability of important trace
minerals. Regenerate and prolong the residence time of essential nutrients
in the cells. Modify the damage or toxic compounds such as heavy metals
and free radicals. Enhance the permeability for digestive, circulatory,
and cell membranes. Increase the metabolism of proteins contributing to
RNA and DNA synthesis. Increase the activity of a multitude of enzymes.
more
Soil
And Health Library Health begins in the soil; Healing begins with hygiene; Liberty begins
with freedom. This is a free public library offering a tightly focused
collection of books on holistic agriculture, holistic health, self-sufficient
living, and personal development. Most of the titles in this library are
out of print. Some can be quite hard to find; many of these books are old
enough to be public domain materials. Yet all are still of great relevance.
Grasped as an inter-related whole these books constitute a self-guided
course of study or curriculum that connects agricultural methods to the
consequent health of animals and humans, shows how to prevent and heal
disease and increase longevity. There are also smaller collections about
homestead-based lifestyles and about why globalized society is resistant
to changing its food and health systems.
Sewage Sludge...A Dangerous Fertilizer
What's in Sludge?
According
to researchers at Cornell University and a report of the American Society
of Civil Engineers, the following substances are typically found in sludge:
Recycling the organic waste of a household into compost allows us to
return badly needed organic matter to the soil. In this way, we participate
in nature's cycle, and cut down on garbage going into burgeoning landfills.
Worm composting is a method for recycling food waste into a rich, dark,
earth-smelling soil conditioner. The great advantage of worm composting
is that this can be done indoors and outdoors, thus allowing year round
composting. details
---- Composting
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Worms for sale (do
a search for "worms")
"A walk through the ECHO farm is truly a walk through a world of practical
solutions to international hunger."
A non-profit, Christian organization actively involved in networking
global hunger solutions.They work with small rural farmers and urban gardeners
in the Third World.
This book is one you've got to read if you care about world hunger.
It is well researched and well written about the myths of world hunger.
Three experts on food and agriculture expose the myths that prevent us
from effectively addressing the problem. Written in a straightforward,
easy-to-read style, "World Hunger" shakes many tenaciously held beliefs
Myths keep
us from ending hunger by Peter Rosset, Ph.D
One of the greatest obstacles to ending hunger is the way we think
about it. Popular myths immobilize us with guilt, fear and hopelessness.
Through its original research, Food First has consistently shown that
there is more than enough food for every man, woman, and child on Planet
Earth, but all too often the poor do not have access to that food. Highly
recommended for personal, professional, academic, and public library collections,
The Paradox Of Plenty: Hunger In A Bountiful World is an outstanding compilation
of excerpts from twenty-seven of Food First's best writings designed to
provide food system activists and the non-specialist general reader with
an integrated overview of the world food system, how global politics affect
hungry people, and the impact of the free market on the growth, processing,
and distribution of foodstuffs.
The World Wide Hunger Crisis, including in the USA: Alternative
Views and What Some Groups Are Doing About It.
The Hunger Project is an
international organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger
through the empowerment of women and communities, the stabilization of
population growth, the eradication of poverty, the preservation of the
natural environment and the universalization of access to basic health
and education
Oxfam
America is dedicated to creating lasting solutions to hunger, poverty,
and social injustice through long-term partnerships with poor communities
around the world. Oxfam, driven by a concern for social and economic justice,
has learned, after 30 years in their work, that poverty is not inevitable.
It is the consequence of social and institutional inequities, economic
exploitation, and unfair distribution of resources.
America's Second Harvest
is the nation's largest domestic hunger relief organization. Through a
network of over 200 food banks and food-rescue programs, they distribute
food to 26 million hungry Americans each year, eight million of whom are
children.
Technology for the Poor’s
mission is to develop, innovate and disseminate sustainable technologies
to the poor all over the world.
"This is the only book I have found that covers growing vegetables
in containers. It is a good start. It provides just enough information
about the all important-soil recipes, companion plants, container sizes
and types, watering, pests, fertilizers and suitable crops." An amazon.com
Reviewer: Linda Ruizfrom Southeastern Virginia, USA
This document explores one type of urban agriculture, viz. rooftop gardening.
Roof space immediately comes to mind when one considers opportunities for
urban agriculture. Rooftops are generally unused spaces, they often have
excellent exposure to sunlight and rain water, and they are found in the
centre of even the densest urban areas. The initial objective of the project
summarised in this report was to explore the economic potential of cultivating
these spaces.
If you have a small, flat rooftop, access to a bit of open space between
your house and your neighbor's, or any small patch of land, here's the
ultimate how-to manual for making the most of it to raise your own food,
including ways to enhance soil fertility and productivity, non-chemical
pest controls, where and when to plant what in your climate or location,
the tools you'll need, and the problem-solving skills essential to success.
This "ground-breaking" book is used by gardeners around the globe and is
as hopeful, inspiring, and motivating a gardening book as has ever been
written.
Even the smallest patio or porch can boast a crop of vegetables or a
garden of flowers in containers. Planter boxes, wooden barrels, hanging
baskets and large flowerpots are just some of the containers that can be
used. The container gardener is limited only by his imagination. Consider
the following guidelines when choosing your container: more
You may be able to get several crops of a quick maturing vegetable from
your container. see
guiding chart
No space is too small to grow delicious and healthy food. Enjoying
tasty and fresh produce no longer requires a trip to the local farm stand
or gourmet grocery. With The Edible Container Garden as your guide,
everything from salad greens and savory herbs to luscious fruits and vegetables
can be as close as your patio, balcony, or rooftop. This book explains
how to plant, grow, and harvest vegetables, edible flowers, fruits, and
herbs, even when time and space are limited UK
folks: click here
Almost anything that can hold enough soil to sustain a plant's growth
can be used as a planter. This quality makes container gardening a good
starting point for the physically disabled gardener. The major considerations
given to container gardening are the size of the container, adequate drainage,
and the re- quirements of the plants. Small containers such as ceramic
pots and large institutional food cans can be placed on benches for accessibility.
Larger containers such as wheelbarrows, baskets, barrels, old sinks, bathtubs,
and even modified hospital carts can act as small raised beds.
This is a terrific book and I recommend it to anyone that even thinks
they might have an urge to grow. You can grow nearly all the veggies your
family of 5 can eat in less than 100 square feet, including corn. Some
things just take up too much room (potatoes, for example), but if you want
to eat it, you can probably grow it in your square foot garden.
New
video updates book, as Mel explains his latest ideas.
Takes an unprecedented look at our current ecologically destructive
agricultural system and offers a compelling vision for an organic and environmentally
safer way of producing the food we eat. Exposes the ecological and social
impacts of industrial agriculture's fatal harvest
Do you know that most
of us today are suffering from certain dangerous diet deficiencies, which
cannot be remedied until the depleted soils from which our foods come are
brought into proper mineral balance?
The
alarming fact is that foods—fruits and vegetables and grains—now being
raised on millions of acres of land that no longer contains enough of certain
needed minerals, are starving us—no matter how much of them we eat!
You’d think, wouldn’t
you; that a carrot is a carrot-that one is about as good as another as
far as nourishment is concerned? But it isn’t; one carrot may look
and taste like another and yet be lacking in the particular mineral element
which our system requires and which carrots are supposed to contain.
Laboratory test prove
that the fruits, the vegetables, the grains, the eggs and even the milk
and the meats of today are not what they were a few generations ago.
(Which doubtless explains why our forefathers thrived on a selection of
foods that would starve us!) No man of today can eat enough fruits
and vegetables to supply his system with the mineral salts he requires
for perfect health, because his stomach isn’t big enough to hold them!
And we are running to big stomachs.
No longer does a balanced and fully nourishing diet consist merely of so
many calories of certain vitamins or a fixed proportion of starches, proteins,
and carbohydrates. We now know that it must contain, in addition,
something like a score of mineral salts.
It is bad news to learn from our leading authorities that 99 percent of
the American people are deficient in these minerals, and that a marked
deficiency in any one of the more important minerals actually results in
disease. Any upset of the balance, any considerable lack of one or
another element, however microscopic the body requirement may be, and we
sicken, suffer, shorten our lives.
This discovery is one of the latest and most important contributions of
science to the problem of human health.
“Bear in mind,” says Dr. Northen, “that minerals are vital to human metabolism
and health—and that no plant or animal can appropriate to itself any mineral
which is not present in the soil upon which it feeds.
“We know that vitamins are complex chemical substances
which are indispensable to nutrition, and that each of them is of importance
fro the normal function of some special structure in the body. Disorder
and disease result from any vitamin deficiency.
“It is not commonly realized, however, that vitamins control the body’s
appropriation of minerals, and in the absence of minerals they have no
function to perform. Lacking vitamins, the system can make some use
of minerals, but lacking minerals, vitamins are useless.
“The truth is that our foods vary enormously in value, and some of them
aren’t worth eating, as food.
“Some of our lands, even in a virgin state, never were well balanced in
mineral content, and unhappily for us, we have been systematically robbing
the poor soils and the good soils alike of the very substances most necessary
to health, growth, long life, and resistance to disease.”
We know that rats, guinea pigs, and other animals can be fed into a diseased
condition and out again by controlling only the minerals in their food.
Experiment
A
10-year test with rats proved that by withholding calcium they can be bred
down to a third the size of those fed with an adequate amount of that mineral.
Their intelligence, too, can be controlled by mineral feeding as readily
as can their size, their bony structure, and their general health.
Place a number of these little animals inside a maze after starving some
of them in a certain mineral element. The starved ones will be unable
to find their way out, whereas the others will have little or no difficulty
in getting out. Their dispositions can be altered by mineral feeding.
They can be made quarrelsome and belligerent; they can even be turned into
cannibals and be made to devour each other.
A cage of normal rats will live in amity. Restrict their calcium,
and they will become irritable and draw apart from one another. Then
they will begin to fight. Restore their calcium balance and they
will grow friendlier; in time they will begin to sleep in a pile as before.
Many backward children are “stupid” merely because they are deficient in
magnesia. We punish them for our failure to feed them properly.
Certainly our physical well-being is more directly dependent upon the mineral
we take into our systems than upon calories or vitamins or upon the precise
proportions of starch, protein, or carbohydrates we consume.
It is now agreed that at least 16 mineral elements are indispensable for
normal nutrition, and several more are always found in small amounts of
the body, although their precise physiological role has not been determined.
Of the 11 indispensable salts, calcium, phosphorus, and iron are perhaps
the most important.
Here’s one specific example: The soil around a certain Midwest city
is poor in calcium. Three hundred children of this community were
examined and nearly 90 percent had bad teeth, 69 percent showed affections
of the nose and throat, swollen glands, enlarged or diseased tonsil.
More than one-third had defective vision, round shoulders, bow legs, and
anemia.
So it goes, down through the list each mineral element playing a definite
role in nutrition. A characteristic set of symptoms, just as specific
as any vitamin-deficiency disease, follows a deficiency in any one of them.
It is alarming, therefore, to face the fact that we are starving for these
precious, health-giving substances.
The minerals in fruits and vegetables are colloidal; i.e., they are in
a state of such extremely fine suspension that they can be assimilated
by the human system.
Sick soils mean sick plants, sick animals, and sick people. Physical,
mental, and moral fitness depends largely upon an ample supply and a proper
proportion of the minerals in our foods. Nerve function, nerve stability,
nerve cell-building likewise depends thereon.
[Dr. Northen say,] “Soils seriously deficient in minerals cannot
produce plant life competent to maintain our needs, and with the continuous
cropping and shipping away of those concentrates, the condition becomes
worse.
“A famous nutrition authority recently said, ‘One sure way to end the American
people’s susceptibility to infection is to supply through food
a balance ration of iron, copper, and other metals. An organism supplied
with a diet adequate to, or preferable in excess of, all mineral requirements
may so utilize these elements as to produce immunity from infection quite
beyond anything we are able to produce artificially by our present method
of immunization. You can’t make up the deficiency by using patent
medicine.’”
The medicine you really need may be growing in your back yard right
now!
Ditch those dangerous synthetic pharmaceuticals! The best medicine in
the world is created by nature, not greedy drug companies. Now you can
learn the secrets about natural medicine growing all around you as Granny
Earth reveals the little-known medicinal uses of plants you thought were
only weeds!
Are you still paying for medicine from a pharmacy? That's what the drug
companies want you to do because it earns them billions in profits. They
don't want you to learn how to get your medicine for free, straight from
nature, by learning the truth about how plants—not pharmaceutical factories—produce
the safest and most effective medicine in the world!
Meet Granny Earth N.D.—a 66-year-young naturopath and self-taught weed
enthusiast who is an expert in natural medicine that grows wild. She's
compiled a lifetime of knowledge of plant-based cures, remedies and treatments
in her new book, Do it Yourself Weed Medicine. Filled with illustrations,
drawings, remedies, recipes and words of inspiration, Granny Earth's Do
it Yourself Weed Medicine will move you beyond the limited realm of pharmaceutical
symptom-masking and into a world of true health, empowered by the medicine
nature intended you to use—the medicine found in plants! learn
more
Other Natural Health Enhancers and Detoxifiers
that you should know about:
Nature's Perfect Nutrient What health product contains all of the 22 elements that the human
body requires to function, provides you with 135 essential nutrients, a
vast array of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and more? What product boosts
the immune system, nervous system, reproductive systems and more? What
product has been described worldwide as a "Miraculous Rejuvenator?" What
product protects you against viruses and flu, boosts energy and stamina,
enhances mood and reduces stress, balances and regulates body systems and
hormones, suppresses cravings and unhealthy appetite, moderates body weight,
rebuild bones, tissue and muscle....and much more?
"Bee
pollen is often referred to as nature's most complete food. Human consumption
of bee pollen is praised in the Bible, other religious books, and ancient
Chinese and Egyptian texts. It has long been prescribed by traditional
health practitioners-including the fathers of Western medicine Hippocrates,
Pliny the Elder, and Pythagoras-for its healing properties. Bee pollen
rejuvenates the body, stimulates organs and glands, enhances vitality,
and brings about a longer life span. Bee pollen's ability to consistently
and noticeably increase energy levels makes it a favorite substance among
many world class athletes and those interested in sustaining and enhancing
quality performance." Steve Schecter N.D.
Salt
Deficiency: the cause of many serious diseases When organic, unrefined
salt lack in your diet, weakness and sickness follow. An abundance of the ingredients in unrefined real salt (not
common table salt) are as synonymous with life today as they were a billion
years ago before single cells appeared here. Lack of them is synonymous
with birth defects, organ failure, decay, diseases, premature aging and
death at a young age. more about real salt
Clay is renowned to have many uses in promoting health in plants, animals
and humans. Bentonite, Pascalite, as well as other types of healing clays,
have been used by indigenous cultures since before recorded history.
The Native Americans call it "Ee-Wah-Kee" meaning "The-Mud-That-Heals"
Bentonite, as well as other types of healing clay, has been used by indigenous
cultures since before recorded history. "The Amargosians (predecessors
to the Aztecs ), the Aborigines, and natives of Mexico and South America
all recognized the benefit of clays. " "...healing mud not only draws toxic
material out of the body if taken internally, but also reduces pain and
infection in open wounds on both humans and animals."
Dr.
Jerry Tennant, MD, from the Tennant Institute of Integrative Medicine,
explains that the micronutrients and electrolytes in marine phytoplankton
are exactly what human cell membranes need to carry out their metabolism.
Not surprisingly, the composition of human plasma, or fluid surrounding
cell membranes, is similar to that of sea water. For three billion years
Marine Phytoplankton has supported virtually all living creatures in the
Ocean. It contains a unique combination of life sustaining nutrients
including; Omega 3 essential fatty acids (EPA and DHA), protein, chlorophyll,
vitamins, minerals and trace elements. Overdependence on land-based food
sources often lead to deficiencies in micronutrients and trace elements.
Marine phytoplankton promotes and maintains optimum health by boosting
and supporting all systems within the body. When the body is missing critical
components, it is unable to maintain the balance of these systems, and
malfunctions (disease) result. Scientific research indicates that
Marine Phytoplankton may be the most important food on Planet Earth. It
is nature's gift to assist us on our journey to optimal health and wellness
through balanced nutrition. "The future of Nutrition is found in
the ocean" - Jacques Cousteau more
The
use of blessed thistle commonly known as holy thistle (Carbenia benedicta)
has been recorded as far back as the early sixteenth century for treating
smallpox, fever, anorexia, dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation, and flatulence.
Monks often grew Blessed Thistle as a cure for small pox. Historically,
blessed thistle tea has been drunk for digestive problems, liver and gall
bladder problems, headache prevention, respiratory ailments, memory improvement
and external problems such as sores, boils and itchy skin. The plant gained
the title "blessed" for its use in treating plague. Blessed thistle is
also used as a strong but gentle liver tonic herb, promoting metabolic
activities in the liver cells and toxin elimination. Especially noted as
a tonic herb for women. Some individuals employ this herbs, as they would
its cousin milk thistle, as a remedy for gallbladder and liver disorders.
more
A look at healing with nature. Nature
provides us with a simple, inexpensive, straightforward system for regaining
and maintaining superb human health and beauty.
Healing with Food: Most human illnesses
and diseases are due to a deficiency of vital nutrients. When you supply
your body with the proper nutrients, in a form that your body can use,
it knows how to repair itself.
Healing through Fasting: Fasting is the
world's most ancient and natural healing mechanism.
Healing with Water: Hydrotherapy has been
used for centuries to heal the sick
Healing with the Sea: There is no family
of foods more protective against radiation and environmental pollutants
than sea vegetables.
Healing with Sunlight: Sunlight helps
the body heal wounds and injuries and overcome virtually any illness.
Healing with Earth: Clay is renowned to have
many uses in promoting health in plants, animals and humans.
Healing with Urine: One of the most powerful,
most researched and most medically proven natural cures ever discovered.
Healing from the Hives: Bee pollen rejuvenates
your body, stimulates organs and glands, enhances vitality, and brings
about a longer life span.
Basic Healing Principles:
The body
has an innate capacity to heal itself. Self-healing can only occur once
the cause of the illness has been eliminated. Why elimination of
the symptom is NOT the same as elimination of the disease? Physicians
and surgeons
palliate symptoms instead of removing causes
Public health Alert!
Most
modern maladies are caused by prolonged exposure to a combination of negative
lifestyles and toxic environmental factors, including junk food and malnutrition,
pesticides, antibiotics, microwaves, chemical pollution of food, water
and air, lack of exercise and chronic stress. These factors are further
aggravated by the failure of modern medicine to recognize them as agents
of dis-"ease" and death and the consequent failure to take preventative
measures against them. What you don't know can hurt you." Here's
a partial list of topics:
Microwaved
food causes abnormal changes in human blood and immune systems.
Cell
Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age: An Insider's Alarming
Discoveries About Cancer and Genetic Damage
Steroids:(cortisone,
prednisone): the sleaziest of drugs.Doctors tell you that steroids
only cause side effects after many years. But new research shows that permanent
damage is immediate and devastating.
NutraSweet
(aspartame). Aspartame accounted for more than 75% of all adverse reactions
reported to the FDA's Adverse Reaction Monitoring System. Aspartame is
a neurotoxin and teratogen (triggers birth defects). It also triggers lupus.
Dr. Roberts has declared aspartame disease to be a world epidemic. (Aspartame
is the technical name for the brand names, NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful,
and Equal-Measure.)
Newest
Research On Why You Should Avoid Soy:
Contrary to popular belief that
soy is a health food, evidence reveals that soy consumption has been linked
to numerous disorders,
including infertility, increased cancer and infantile leukemia, and
precocious puberty in children have been fed soy formula. (early maturation,
such as breast development and menstruation as early as 6 years of age)
Fluoride
poisoning and autoimmune low-thyroid epidemic:Karilee Shames, RN, PhD,
Assistant Professor of Nursing, points out that a major environmental trigger
of low thyroid is likely to be the fluoride added to municipal water
supplies.
Genetically engineered Bovine
Growth Hormone in your milk: why is it banned in Europe and Canada?
Dental
amalgam:contains highly toxic heavy metal mercury which is involved
in ALS and MS, as well as many other "diseases"
Infant
Circumcision: Circumcision is one of the most painful procedures that
can be performed on an infant.
evidence that soy consumption
has been linked to numerous disorders, including infertility, increased
cancer and infantile leukemia.
Genetically
Engineered Foods 1997 marks the entry of a wide variety of unlabelled
genetically engineered foods onto supermarket shelves. Genetic tampering
of our food supply threatens the health of consumers and of the environment.
AIDS/HIV/AZT:
lies, deceptions, genocide and profiteering
...and much, much more! Visit
Consumer Alert! for a resource of issues that concerns your health
and that of your love ones ENTER
Public
health Alert!
From
the Wall Street Journal, Friday, October 12, 2001
Worries About Safety Of Its Anthrax Vaccine Put the Army in a Bind Soldiers Ordered Inoculated Against Biological Threat Claim Harsh
Side Effects."...But soon after his first inoculation in February,
the 29-years-old Mr. Nietupski showed up at an urgent -care facility with
sores all over his mouth and throat. "The side of my tongue was all raw
with little canker sores, and bloody mucus was coming out
of my nose, " Mr. Nietupski says. His maladies, ultimately diagnosed as
an autoimmune disorder in which his body accidentaly attacked itself, grew
worse as he got the next two installements of the six-shot regime. Mr.
Nietupski and several of the doctors who have examined him, believe the
anthrax vaccine caused his severe reaction and may also be to blame
for the blood clots Mr. Nietupski experienced in his legs months later."
more
on anthrax vaccines
What
Every Parent Should Know BEFORE Their Childen Are Vaccinated! Why
are a growing number of parents and health care professionals around the
world questioning vaccination? The controversy stems from the thousands
of deaths and permanent disabilities attributed to vaccination annually,
as well as the many published medical studies, government statistics, congressional
testimonies, and other credible sources that directly contradict commonly
held assumptions about vaccine safety and effectiveness.
Bart Classen, a Maryland physician, published data showing that diabetes
rates rose significantly in New Zealand following a massive hepatitis B
vaccine campaign in young children, and that diabetes rates also went up
sharply in Finland after three new childhood vaccines were introduced.
More pictures
of vaccine damage available to view at the
CDC
website
In fall 1997, two influential professional magazines featured articles
asking the question: Has the decrease of infectious diseases in childhood
through the mass use of vaccines been replaced with an increase in chronic
diseases such as diabetes and asthma? The Economist, a prestigious international
magazine read by world leaders in government, business and public policy,
and Science News, a magazine read by both health care professionals
and the general public, explored the reported links between vaccines and
chronic diseases in their November 22, 1997 issues.
Homeopathy
can be used successfully to prevent and treat smallpox, measles,
whooping
cough, chickenpox, and other ailments.
Would you allow big brother to enforce vaccinations on your kids? Government
Enforced Vaccinations Vaccination Tracking Registry - Government programs
that limit your choices -and your rights- in health care when it comes
to mandatory vaccination. These mandates last for 40 or so years
and they're impossible to repeal. Also, learn about Legal Requirements
and Exemptions
Are Vaccines Damaging Our Pets?
Routine Vaccination: Is
it really safe and effective? Most recently, an article
appeared in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
entitled "Are We Vaccinating Too Much?" Read about the comments of veterinarians
who believe that vaccines are damaging our pets.
Home:
ShirleysWellnessCafe.com (aka: MyWellnessHouse.com) is a free educational
site site dedicated to help promote holistic health for you, your family,
and your animals.
Shirley was once a victim
of the never-ending flow of propaganda from the medical establishment who
wants to maintain a monopoly on the word "cure" and who wants us to believe
that we have no control over our own health and that our only hope to get
"well" is with drugs, surgery and radiation. You can read an account
of Shirley's
journey into health without drugs, surgery or radiation.
Raising
Public Awareness Most modern maladies are
caused by prolonged exposure to a combination of negative lifestyles and
toxic environmental factors, including junk food and malnutrition, pesticides,
antibiotics, microwaves, chemical pollution of food, water and air, lack
of exercise and chronic stress. These factors are further aggravated by
the failure of modern medicine to recognize them as agents of dis-"ease"
and death and the consequent failure to take preventative measures against
them. more
The Truth
About the Drug Companies : How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It
"The medical establishment works closely with the drug multinationals whose
main objective is profits, and whose worst nightmare would be an epidemic
of good health. Lots of drugs MUST be sold. In order to achieve this, anything
goes: lies, fraud, and kickbacks. Doctors are the principal salespeople
of the drug companies. " Guylaine Lanctot, M.D.
Medicinal
and Detoxifying Clay Baths Treatment - These therapeutic
clays provide 100% natural detoxification for Arsenic, Environmental, Aluminum,
Dental Amalgam, Smoker's Drug, Copper & Lead, Mercury, Formaldehyde,
Radiation and more.
Do
you have a question or need assistance?
or use this contact
form or call 206-984-3009 or 323 389-0560
Chemicals
and Toxins Are The Primary Cause of Illness, Disease and Obesity. Detoxification
comes in many forms and refers to many different programs that cleanse
the body of toxins. Detoxification for Optimum
Health
Dr. Jerry Tennant, M.D.
says
that marine phytoplankton contains almost everything
one needs to sustain life and to restore health by providing the raw materials
to make new cells that function normally. These nutrients improve mental
function, and memory. They reduce depression, harmful effects of stress,
and mood swings. Profound Life-Giving Properties
of Marine Phytoplankton
A
growing number of holistic doctors, pediatricians and veterinarians use
transfer
factors as an alternative to, or in conjunction with conventional
medicine for their acute and chronic cases, including cancer and other
serious health conditions, with excellent outcome.
Dr. Rob Robertson, MD
- "There is no other product in a nutritional substance, nor a drug, that
has this kind of power and ability to affect our immune system. With the
increase of killer viruses, mutated germs, super-resistant germs, and food
contaminations, our only hope and defense, must lie within our own immune
system." Transfer factors and the immune sytem
Dr.
Howard Peiper MD "Our immune systems are under attack from toxic substances
that are everywhere - in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water
we drink. Serious disease doesn't just happen. The accumulation of toxins
compromises our immune system and wears the body down leaving us vulnerable
to all sorts of maladies. The body has an amazing ability to recover from
illness and restore itself if we give it the tools to work with." learn
more...
MagnesiumTherapy
Magnesium helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function, keeps heart
rhythm steady, and bones strong. Dr. Sidney Baker - "Magnesium deficiency
can affect virtually every organ system of the body. With regard to skeletal
muscle, one may experience twitches, cramps, muscle tension, muscle soreness,
including back aches, neck pain, tension headaches and jaw joint (TMJ)
dysfunction." more
Albert Einstein said:
"If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only
have four years left to live."
The
Healing Power of Original Himalayan Crystal Salt For centuries,
the energy/information content, in the form of vital mineral elements
locked away within these perfectly formed crystals of mineral rich salt,
were utilized by doctors for treating most every disorder known to humans,
and with unfailing success. Recently. this ancient knowledge was once again
uncovered by biophysicists and brought to light in the acclaimed book,
Water
and Salt, The Essence of Life , by Dr. Barbara Hendel and biophysicist
Peter Ferreira
Teas
Are One of The Most Effective Ways to Benefit from Nature's Healing Herbs Teas can help fight depression
and anxiety, heal skin conditions and gastrointestinal disorders, regulate
hormone imbalances, improve your sex life, prevent illness, and help
you healfaster.
Many diseases and conditions for which we turn to modern medicine can also
be treated naturally with healing herbs. These treatments can be safer,
less expensive and possibly even more effective than traditional methods.
Dr.
Myklebust, MD: "Teas are rich in antioxidants called polyphenols which
are plant chemicals that may help prevent cancer, heart disease, and other
diseases" More
Chia
Seeds: The "Aztec" Wonder Food with Healing Power. The ancient Aztec
civilization used Chia seed to provide them with radiant health, endurance,
and boundless energy.
SecreSea
Nature's Beauty Secret Since the Dawn of Mankind This skin
care line contains timeless offerings from sea and land, using only the
highest-quality ingredients, extracts
and essential oils to rejuvenate and purify your skin. SecreSea generously
nourishes the skin with marine phytoplankton
and then adds aloe vera, lavender, CoQ10 and other 100% natural nutrients
to support healthy skin.
At
India Herbs, you will find the highest quality natural medicine based
upon 5,000 Year Old Ayurveda Medicine and formulated by a team of
doctors with extensive clinical experience to help with a wide range of
health conditions.
Stressed
out? Anxious? Worried? Panic Attack? Insomnia? Today's fast paced
living can translate into a highly stressful environment. Our bodies are
continually challenged physically and emotionally, in the workplace and
in our personal lives. Calmazon helps our body to relieve stress naturally.
It produces a calming effect by assisting the body's natural processes
and supporting its nutritional needs. learn
more
Leaders in Washington
are working to restrict your access
to dietary supplements - including the safe, effective, and affordable
vitamins, minerals, and herbs you depend on for your health. Your hard-won
natural health freedoms as guaranteed by the Dietary Supplement Health
and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994 have come under attack by the political
allies of pharmaceutical interest groups!" Watch the Whistleblower
doctors free videos
Prescription
for Disaster in-depth investigation into the relationships
between the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, lobbyists, lawmakers, medical
schools, and researchers, and the impact this has on consumers and their
health care.
The
National Health Federation is an international consumer education,
health-freedom organization working to protect individuals' rights to
choose to consume healthy food, take supplements, and use alternative therapies
without government restrictions.
The
Natural Solutions Foundation (NSF) is a non-profit corporation devoted
to protect, preserve and defend our right to make our own health
choices based on what we, not the government, believe are the best
choices for ourselves.
Home-base
Income opportunity Share with others nature's
gifts that assists us on our journey to optimal health and wellness.
Optimal Prostate Health and
Prevention Measure to prostate enlargement.
Prostate Cancer: a drugless
approach
Homeopathic approach to impotence,
bladder infections, prostate problems etc.
The Male Andropause (like menopause)
Male Herbs for Impotence
Peter R. Breggin,
M.D - "The drugging of children has gotten
so out of hand that America is waking up to this. This is a national catastrophe."
more
Julian Whitaker M.D -
"Class
action lawsuits have been filed in Texas, California and New Jersey charging
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, maker of Ritalin,
with conspiracy to create the psychiatric disorder known as ADHD in order
to fuel the market for their product." more...
Growing Food in Containers - Organic Gardening
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alarming fact is that foods—fruits and vegetables and grains—now being
raised on millions of acres of land that no longer contains enough of certain
needed minerals, are starving us—no matter how much of them we eat!
The
use of blessed thistle commonly known as holy thistle (Carbenia benedicta)
has been recorded as far back as the early sixteenth century for treating
smallpox, fever, anorexia, dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation, and flatulence.
Monks often grew Blessed Thistle as a cure for small pox. Historically,
blessed thistle tea has been drunk for digestive problems, liver and gall
bladder problems, headache prevention, respiratory ailments, memory improvement
and external problems such as sores, boils and itchy skin. The plant gained
the title "blessed" for its use in treating plague. Blessed thistle is
also used as a strong but gentle liver tonic herb, promoting metabolic
activities in the liver cells and toxin elimination. Especially noted as
a tonic herb for women. Some individuals employ this herbs, as they would
its cousin milk thistle, as a remedy for gallbladder and liver disorders.
Do
you have a question or need assistance?
or use this 
