Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

Dieter, surprisingly we do have solid statistical data to prove the relation 
between industrially produced food and the degenerative diseases that are on 
an increase in most industrial countries. Even the (financially compromised) 
American Cancer Society makes the point, tho in disguised terms.  
http://www.cancer.org/Healthy/EatHealthyGetActive/ACSGuidelinesonNutritionPhysicalActivityforCancerPrevention/acs-guidelines-on-nutrition-and-physical-activity-for-cancer-prevention-healthy-diet

You're right, we're a consumer society. That's what we do. But I have to 
counter that as long as we only change what we consume we're still consuming 
the lion's share of the planet's resources (and food), and we're still in the 
proverbial handbasket headed you know where.

Yet the economic contraction that's sinking us already may be the silver 
lining - the way we're forced to reduce consumption. Just growing our own 
would slash the packaging and transport waste, plus cut our medical bills, 
not to mention giving the unemployed something useful to do that saves money.

And it is happening, people:
8 Surprising Facts About The Shrinking Middle Class From 'Third World 
America' (PHOTOS on site) Updated: 08-10-10 09:59 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/09/8-surprising-facts-about_n_675545.html

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 8/14/2010 at 2:37 AM Dieter Brand wrote: