Re: soil fertility and immunity (was: What hope can be offered to A

[Guest guest]

> Wasn't it South Carolina, which now has the lowest SAT scores in the country

and a large amount per capita of recruits in Iraq.

>

> Wanita

Hmm. So, basically, I'm better off NOT buying local produce?

Steph - who lives in the state that seems to end up near the bottom of most

lists, except the recent obesity list, where we were near the top. Yeehaw!

Um, I'm from Georgia, btw. :-) And we homeschool.

Hey, wouldn't Sherman burning the whole state have helped the soil? LOL.

Burning helps.:-) Massachusetts near top or top in education $$ spent and

education level. Dad told me yesterday MA was at the top for diabetes per

capita.

So much for sedentary work and globally imported diet.

Wanita

[Guest guest]

> Hmm. So, basically, I'm better off NOT buying local produce?

If you live in a state with low soil fertility and you want to be well

nourished you might consider buying produce from a state with high

soil fertility. Saying a state has lower soil fertility than other

states does not mean every farm in the state has low soil fertility.

Averages usually come from a combination of above average and below

average numbers, so, even in your state, you may find farms with soil

fertility well above the state average.

>

> Steph - who lives in the state that seems to end up near the bottom

of most lists, except the recent obesity list, where we were near the

top. Yeehaw!

>

> Um, I'm from Georgia, btw. :-) And we homeschool.

Albrecht does mention the red clay in Georgia. He describes it as such

a poor clay that it has lost almost all of its ability to hold cations

that nourish plants (e.g. calcium, magnesium, copper, iron, potassium).

> Hey, wouldn't Sherman burning the whole state have helped the soil?

LOL.

Burning vegetation that grew in low soil fertility doesn't help the

soil fertility much, unless you are planning to grow plants that

depend very little on soil fertilty. Those would be the carbonaceous

plants, not the proteinaceous.

Chi