| I remember when my kids were small, the doctor | | | | nutrient rich growing mediums in which to grow crops. |
| recommended I give my kids vitamin pills. In those days, | | | | If you look at the cost of the food you buy in the |
| there were nicely colored pills shaped and flavored like | | | | supermarket that is intensively farmed with little food |
| different fruits and vegetables. I'm sure they are still | | | | value, plus the cost of the supplement you would have |
| available today. The point is, you should be able to get | | | | to take to remain healthy, you will see that it is very |
| all of the nutrients you need from the food you eat. | | | | cost effective to eat organic. |
| Why does one have to take little chewable pills full of | | | | To help farmers of all crafts to become more organic, |
| artificial flavors and colors, in addition to loads of sugar | | | | a new technology is emerging that will do just that. |
| or artificial sweeteners to get our vitamins and | | | | Electro-chemically activated water is made by a |
| minerals? | | | | machine on-site that will allow farmers to keep their |
| It's well known that soil depletion is becoming a very | | | | animals and their crops germ, pest and disease free. |
| serious problem in the agriculture industry as huge | | | | The solution with a neutral pH, is called Invins-AbleTM. It |
| mega-farms grow acres and acres of select crops at | | | | is a concentrated solution that is injected into the |
| a time. Some of them are contracted by major food | | | | water supply that is used to water or spray crops in |
| packagers to supply salad ingredients or spinach, for | | | | greenhouses or in the field. Scientists also report that |
| example. Consistency in size and appearance is | | | | dilute Invins-AbleTM can be used to feed chickens to |
| imperative as a marketing quality, so fertilizers, | | | | keep mortality risk near zero and prevent diseases. In |
| pesticides and herbicides use is rampant. The soil is | | | | addition, cows can be fed the dilute solution to guard |
| just a place to put the roots. In large greenhouse | | | | their health and keep the milk clean and pus free. |
| operations, crops are grown hydroponically and all the | | | | One of the major players in the company that has |
| nutrients are fed to the plants through the water | | | | Invins-AbleTM, Dean Chilton, of Excel Aqua says there |
| medium. | | | | are so many organic uses for this solution that he |
| Despite all of this, the level of nutrients in our food has | | | | expects this machinery to change the course of |
| dropped in a terrifying manner. One graphic example is | | | | agriculture and industry in the near future. |
| spinach. You'd have to eat 40 bowls of today's | | | | One of the greatest benefits of this technology is that |
| spinach to get the same amount of iron that was in a | | | | it helps to restore the natural pH of the soil so that the |
| bowl of spinach 60 years ago. | | | | plants can uptake minerals naturally and produce higher |
| Fortunately, more and more farmers are switching to | | | | concentrations of vitamins. This will make the food |
| more organic practices where composting and | | | | more nutritious in addition to making it more organic and |
| sustainable practices are restoring the soil and building | | | | disease-free. |