USDA has the mineral data on food but good luck getting ahold of it. I've
tried with no luck. I was told it was just a conspiracy but she wouldn't
send data to show me. That was after I was transferred about 15 times. We
have a huge food quality problem out here and they know it. I'd love to see
one of the investigative tv shows get ahold of the real data. It would make
a good case for a whole new paradigm than industrialised agriculture. I
wonder why they don't want that?
Best wishes,
Greg Gunthorp
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Miller <recycler@eclipse.net>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 11:34 PM
Subject: Mineral Content of Foods
>Alan,
>
>You wrote:
>
>>Can anyone point me toward references on the mineral and vitamin content
>> of vegetables since 1900 or so?
>
>Try Rodale, parent of "Organic Gardening" in Emmaus, Penn. They reported
>(15 - 20 months ago) a great loss of minerals in broccoli grown in
>today's soils compared to that grown in the 40's (pre-war and
>pre-petro-pesticides). They made a clear argument that we have robbed
>the soil of natural minerals through pesticide and artificial
>fertilizers.
>
>While I might be leaving something out, short of erosion or run-off, I
>believe that the minerals would remain, it's just that the plant uptake
>might have changed. Or put another way, the minerals may be more readily
>available when the soil is healthy and alive but we have created "dead
>soil" through the use of chemicals. I know that potash contains
>potassium chloride a salt and that the chloride ion "kills" the soil
>(beneficial nematodes, mycelia cease to grow).
>
>Recycler Dave
>
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