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- From: Will Carey <cure@rtinet.com>
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- Subject: [permaculture] Organic food nutritional content
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:36:23 -0800
Folks...
Here's a great posting on Ode magazine... Also check the back issues on
this site... A lot of good stuff on food policy and sustainable ag, etc...
<http://www.odemagazine.com/article.php?aID=4144>
> Are vegetables less healthy today?
> Send this article to a friend.
> Marco Visscher
> This article appeared in Ode issue: 26
>
>
> The quality of agricultural land has declined at an alarming rate over the
> past century. Artificial fertilizer is thought to be the main culprit. This
> chemical mixture of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium may ensure crops
> grow
> quickly, but it also diminishes vital nutrients in the soil. Even organic
> food
> production, done without artificial fertilizer, cannot guarantee that the
> soil
> is rich in minerals. It cannot always replace the missing minerals depleted
> by
> earlier applications of synthetic fertilizer.
> The United Nations¹ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has concluded
> that artificial fertilizer is contributing to a ³serious shortage² of
minerals.
Will from Oregon
- [permaculture] Organic food nutritional content, Will Carey, 11/17/2005
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