Beyond organic -- a practical guide to nutrient-dense food
To grow produce of the highest nutritional quality, the essential
minerals lacking in our soil from intensive agriculture must be
replaced. The Intelligent Gardener is the practical, step-by-step
guide for any serious gardener who wants to:
- Demystify this process
- Debunk much of the false and misleading information perpetuated by
both the conventional and organic agricultural movements
- Re-mineralize our soil.
Accompanied with customizable web-based spreadsheets, this toolkit calls
for far more attention to detail than the simple addition of composted
manure or NPK fertilizers. It conclusively establishes the link between
healthy soil, healthy food, and healthy people.
Vegetables, fruits, and grains are a major source of vital nutrients,
but centuries of intensive agriculture have depleted our soils to
historic lows. As a result, the broccoli you consume today may have less
than half the vitamins and minerals that the equivalent serving would
have contained a hundred years ago. This is a matter of serious concern,
since poor nutrition has been linked to myriad health problems including
cancer, heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes. For
optimum health we must increase the nutrient density of our foods to the
levels enjoyed by previous generations.
The Intelligent Gardener goes beyond organic--it offers the essential
tools for those who care about the quality of the produce they grow.
