Mother Nature is awesome, and deserves far more respect than we, as a species, have been giving her. This morning I planted some radish seeds in Magic Soil (composted food ‘waste’) in containers on my back d
eck. I added some rock dust before planting, dust from rock drilling, to increase the mineral content in the soil. No other investment will yield, long term, the return that we will get from investing in re-creating vibrant health in the soil, and rebuilding local organic agriculture.
Our health ultimately depends on the health of the soil that our food is grown in. Industrialized agriculture has fallen prey to nearsighted and counter-productive, unsustainable thinking and practices. Chemical fertilizers and pesticides kill the natural soil food web that Mother Nature provided to cycle nutrients and keep the plants vibrantly healthy.
Many GMO’s (Genentically Modified Organisms) are designed to enable the plants to withstand applications of the highly toxic herbicide from Monsanto, Roundup, (Glyphosate). While Glyphosate kills competing weeds, it also kills many of the micro-organisms that Mother Nature provided and intended to cycle nutrients, so the plants can naturally enjoy vibrant health and be dis-ease resistant. Does it make sense that some of that carcinogenic Roundup ends up in the plants and crops, contributing to the cost and suffering associated with cancer? The chemicals also are very effective in killing the earthworms, the greatest soil managers imaginable. To better understand GMO's and Monsanto, click here to watch the video: World According to Monsanto.
To get a better idea of how much food we can grow on a small amout of land, click here, to watch a short video on the Urban Homesteaters in Pasadena, California.
Reportedly 33% of the petroleum used in the United States is used in agriculture, much of that for chemical fertilizers and pesticides, which are counter-productive. Visionary Organic Farming yields more food at a lower cost and is long term sustainable. We could cut our oil consumption by 33% by going organic, and we'd have healthier soil, food and people. While history shows that we cannot rely on the government to protect us, YOU and I can vote with our food dollars. We can boycott Industrialized Ag products, and we can buy and eat organic. That will take the profit out of Ag chemicals as we undermine market demand.
I suggest that on this Mother’s Day we commit to being a lot more respectful of Mother Nature, and the soil from which our food comes from. I suggest we commit to re-creating vibrant health in the soil. I suggest that we boycott any and all products that contain any GMO ingredients which includes most processed phudes (adulterated food). I suggest we support Organic Agriculture by buying Organic.
In alignment with Motherhood, I suggest that everyone boycott any and all factory farm byproducts, all animal flesh and dairy. Would any sane mother want her offspring, or self to be so abused and then slaughtered so that human beings can eat them? Compassion is a motherly quality, and eating animal products promotes cruelty to living creatures. The scientific evidence is clear: the human physiology, jaw and digestive track are designed for eating a plant based diet, not animal products. It is a scientifically proven fact that eating animal products promotes heart dis-ease and cancer.
On this Mother’s Day, 2010, I urge you to align with Mother Nature, have a lot more reverence for Mother Nature, and start to reflect on how our health is intricately linked to the health of the soil and our food choices.
What can each of us do to demonstrate our sanity and respect for Mother Nature?
- We can start to realize that ‘waste’ is a human invention and unsustainable;
- We can start to see food waste as something we must source separate and divert to responsible composting, so those food residuals can then re-create vibrant health in the soil, so that the soil can again yield healthy food, supporting our health.
- We can start appreciating all other living creatures as a mother does, caring, respect, and cease supporting abuse of other living creatures.
- This includes ceasing to support war; questioning the propaganda from government and those who profit from war;
- We can cease to support factory farming by boycotting their products, by our buying organic.
- We can enjoy nurturing and caring for all other living beings, regardless of our gender, we can be nurturing and caring.
- Consider the possiblity that When those who have a love of power, discover the power of love, the world will know peace.
- Whether we live where we can have an expansive garden or in an apartment, we can get some really healthy soil and start to grow some of our own food. If in an apartment, you might start with a few containers and some organic radish seeds. Radishes are 20 - 30 days from sowing the seeds to harvest, under good soil and growing conditions.
- We can vote with our food dollars, and boycott any and all processed phudes, and GMO’s any and all animal products, which includes dairy, fish and fowl. If that seems like a giant step, start by watching the trailer to Food Matters, by clicking on this link.
- Mother ourselves, that is, nurture, care for ourselves by re-aligning with Mother Nature, natural systems.
- We can commit to Co-Creating abundance and grow beyond 'competing'.
Responsible regional food composting is a significant step toward re-creating vibrant health. Our vision is to provide 
comprehensive educational and inspirational programs, including growing nutrient dense organic produce that will help individuals like you re-create vibrant health in your body, to rebuild fully functional immune and defense systems naturally, with no adverse side affects. For people who align with these visions, contact us via the home page at www.magicsoil.com.
Let's dance together to co-create vibrant health of all people, creatures and abunance for all. Mother Nature intended abundance. Consider the number of "seeds" on ONE single ear of corn. If only 1 or 2% were saved and germinated, and we used that corn to feed people instead of making animal manure, we could easily feed the world, assuming we also become stewards of the soil.
The key is soil stewardship, growing organic, in alignment with Mother Nature, and moving toward no-till, and Permaculture. To learn more about Permaculture, click here to watch a great video on Permaculture.
