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Hand broadcasting of Rock Minerals
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Re- Mineralise your Garden
Getting vital nutrients back into our soil.
We know that “traditionally grown” fruits and vegetables we see in supermarkets are both lacking in vitamins and minerals and have added chemicals from fertilisers and pesticides. These toxic additions have fuelled the demand for organic produce but that has not completely address the lack of nutrients. Going back in time, our soil was rich with minerals, which found their way into our foods in healthy doses. Mineralised soil grew healthier crops providing the vitamins and minerals we now need to take as supplements. Plus, hardier plants were capable of repelling insects and other pests that are now a constant and costly threat to growers. |
Chemical spraying - please note gloves, protective clothing and face mask.
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Powdery mildew.
Hardier plants repel insects, pests & disease
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Over the years (and accelerated with the advent of modern industrialised farming), soil all over the planet has become depleted of minerals, resulting in crops and forests that struggle to perform their parts in our ecology—either providing nutrition or, in the case of trees, putting vital oxygen back into our atmosphere.
It’s a serious problem. A recent report based on U.S. agricultural records has found that the nutrient content of fruits and vegetables has been dropping since these records were first taken in the early 1960s—just over 40 years ago. E.g. you would need to be eating five apples today just to get the same nutrients you would have found in one apple in 1965.
It’s a serious problem. A recent report based on U.S. agricultural records has found that the nutrient content of fruits and vegetables has been dropping since these records were first taken in the early 1960s—just over 40 years ago. E.g. you would need to be eating five apples today just to get the same nutrients you would have found in one apple in 1965.
What do we do about it?
The answer to this problem is amazingly simple. It’s called Remineralisation.
“Remineralisation is important because we are missing the minerals and trace elements in our food that should be there,” says Joanna Campe, president of a non-profit organization called Remineralize the Earth. “We can address this by returning minerals to the soil just as the earth does. The natural formation of soil occurs through the recycling of organic matter, the crushing of rocks onto the earth’s soil mantle by glaciers, and volcanic eruptions that add minerals to the soil. We can add these minerals back ourselves and create fertile soils.”
“Remineralisation is important because we are missing the minerals and trace elements in our food that should be there,” says Joanna Campe, president of a non-profit organization called Remineralize the Earth. “We can address this by returning minerals to the soil just as the earth does. The natural formation of soil occurs through the recycling of organic matter, the crushing of rocks onto the earth’s soil mantle by glaciers, and volcanic eruptions that add minerals to the soil. We can add these minerals back ourselves and create fertile soils.”
"We can address this by returning minerals to the soil just as the earth does".
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Remineralized soils can provide two to four times the yield of current unhealthy soils, and greatly increase the health of plant biomass—a well-validated fact that even amazed a group of Missouri high-school students who, in conducting experiments with Remineralisation, watched pecan plants germinate 7–9 days earlier and grow consistently faster than non-remineralized plants.
Remineralisation is also fundamental in solving global warming. “When forests are unhealthy and dying off, they release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere,” Campe says. “When they’re healthy, they store carbon.” And Remineralisation’s effects are already being felt in this area. Highly successful Remineralisation on trees has been done by Dr. Lee Klinger, an independent northern California scientist. Over the last few years his methods have been used on more than 5,000 Californian oak trees afflicted with malnutrition and other disease conditions, only a handful did not responding with a flush of healthy canopy growth ( www.suddenoaklife.org). Additionally, there are early-stage studies indicating that spreading rock dust can help bind up atmospheric carbon in the soil and counteract global warming |
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A Simple Solution
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Re-Mineralisation is a straightforward procedure. Simply apply a specific fine rock dust to a field, garden, forest, or even a planter. This type of dust creates a broad spectrum of minerals in the soil in a natural balance.
Re-Mineralisation is also far less expensive and labour-intensive than traditional fertilizing and pest control. 2 Kg of Rock Dust costs only and it will cover 40 Sq Mts PLUS it only needs to be applied every 3 years, depending on the application. Compare this to chemical fertilizers, which cost a lot more and need to be applied at least once each season. |
An Organic Farmer's Perspective
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How effective can Remineralisation be? Just ask Dan Kittredge, who is also an organic farmer. Prior to remineralising his farm, he had weaker crops and a horrendous insect problem. “I put in two greenhouses a year and a half ago and planted Asian greens in them. Last spring, all the plants were inundated with tiny holes made by insects. Unless you are extremely diligent, it happens to all of a particular family of crops around here, including broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage.”
This year, however, he had remineralised. “Under the exact same growing conditions and locations, with the exception of adding rock dust last year, the crops are now growing virtually insect free,” he reports. The crops themselves are extraordinary. “They have this incredible sheen,” Kittredge says. “The flavour is far, far better, and they last longer. We were harvesting broccoli all the way into December, which is pretty amazing, especially for Massachusetts.” |
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