Long Live Microbiomes
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Long Live Microbiomes
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Re: Long Live Microbiomes
#2Just read the beginning so far, but it sounds like home-grown is safe (even if not self-started plants)? Ie, the article (so far) makes it sound like it's an issue of soil microbiome. If that's the case, and I no-dig grow my own veggies, I'd be okay?
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#3Just read the beginning so far, but it sounds like home-grown is safe (even if not self-started plants) ? Ie, the article (so far) makes it sound like it's an issue of soil microbiome. If that's the case, and I no-dig grow my own veggies, I'd be okay?
I think it depends on the history of your soil.
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#4I just can't make it very far in articles like this anymore. I've heard too many breathless food/nutrition takes vectored in too many different directions, and now I'm utterly desensitized.
And part of me is screaming for citations while the other part knows that an examination of the literature would reveal the same structures, just one level deeper---one or more warring camps that aren't even talking to each other any more.
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#5Just read the beginning so far, but it sounds like home-grown is safe (even if not self-started plants) ? Ie, the article (so far) makes it sound like it's an issue of soil microbiome. If that's the case, and I no-dig grow my own veggies, I'd be okay?
You'd probably be ok, if you only ate the veggies you grew yourself. But what about meat, dairy and other animal products? What about bread, rice and other cereals?
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#6Just read the beginning so far, but it sounds like home-grown is safe (even if not self-started plants) ? Ie, the article (so far) makes it sound like it's an issue of soil microbiome. If that's the case, and I no-dig grow my own veggies, I'd be okay?
/s Is the water you use for irrigation chlorinated or fluorinated?
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#7Just read the beginning so far, but it sounds like home-grown is safe (even if not self-started plants) ? Ie, the article (so far) makes it sound like it's an issue of soil microbiome. If that's the case, and I no-dig grow my own veggies, I'd be okay?
They are saying corn is toxic because it has round-up chemicals in it - and they can't be washed off.
So growing food in your backyard, assuming you don't spray it or have heavy metals in your soil that are ingested by the crop, are likely fine.
How alive is your backyard's soil? A lab would have to analyze it. It may or may not have the right minerals, depending on what you're trying to grow.
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#8Just read the beginning so far, but it sounds like home-grown is safe (even if not self-started plants) ? Ie, the article (so far) makes it sound like it's an issue of soil microbiome. If that's the case, and I no-dig grow my own veggies, I'd be okay?
They are saying corn is toxic because it has round-up chemicals in it - and they can't be washed off. So growing food in your backyard, assuming you don't spray it or have heavy metals in your soil that are ingested by the crop, are likely fine. How alive is your backyard's soil? A lab would have to analyze it. It may or may not have the right minerals, depending on what you're trying to grow.
You can also buy simple take home soil test kits that do the job just fine, FWIW.
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#9Why would Scientific American have a blog post from an organic farmer devoid of any reference to studies or actual science?
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#10Just read the beginning so far, but it sounds like home-grown is safe (even if not self-started plants) ? Ie, the article (so far) makes it sound like it's an issue of soil microbiome. If that's the case, and I no-dig grow my own veggies, I'd be okay?
You'd probably be ok, if you only ate the veggies you grew yourself. But what about meat, dairy and other animal products? What about bread, rice and other cereals?
I have a friend who is incredibly conscious about such things and they convinced a farmer to raise chickens on non-gmo, organic feed; chickens are free range, and treated humanely. They called it the “holy grail” chicken.
Yes, they did inspect the chicken, feed, etc.
Total cost to purchase is $20/lb. majority of the cost coming from feed.
Regardless if you can pick apart my story or how honest the entire process is, I’m not sure this is sustainable. Who can afford such prices?
If this is the case (and true at face value), what are our choices?
I don’t want to be a Debby Downer, just passing along info.