Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

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I just read an article in the daily email I receive from Off The Grid News that was good on soil and plant nutrition. It illustrates what I've been telling you for years - that soils are depleted of nutrients and therefore we NEED to SUPPLEMENT them. Here it is:

"* 1936: Congress reveals that 99% of Americans are deficient in essential minerals due to a lack of micronutrients in the soil.
* 1977: Testimony before Congress reveals that, due to soil depletion, even a balanced diet fails to provide most Americans with all the essential nutrients.
* 1992: The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development declares that the problem continues to worsen. Between 1892 and 1992, American farmland showed an average mineral depletion of 85%.
* 2001: According to the Journal of Complimentary Medicine, government statistics reveal that between 1940 and 1991, the trace minerals in fruits and vegetables diminished by up to 76%.
* 2003: News Canada reports that over the course of the 20th century, cabbage, lettuce, spinach and tomatoes lost an average of 350mg of mineral content. (Shockingly, potatoes have lost virtually all their vitamin A, over half their vitamin C, and over a quarter of the calcium)
* 2004: The Journal of the American College of Nutrition publishes research indicating massive nutrient loss from 1950 to 1999 for 6 nutrients (protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, riboflavin, and ascorbic acid) in 43 crops.
* 2011: Scientific American magazine publishes an article that once again reiterates the problems of soil depletion and nutrient-poor vegetables and fruits."

Get your Micro-Nutrient materials from the foundation NOW, to assure your garden crops - and YOU - are healthy.

Jim Kennard

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