William A. Albrecht....healthy soil

[Mr Earl]

He is one of the pioneer soil researchers and a visionary. A name everyone should know.
Monsanto did their best to shut him up and succeeded. Very few know about him today.

William Albrecht was not only a distinguished scientist and brilliant scholar; he was also a true visionary and committed humanitarian. He believed that animals, including humans, provide biochemical photographs of the soils in which their foods are grown. With effective and affordable commercial fertilizers after World War II, the health and natural productivity of the soil no longer seemed to matter. Albrecht risked his academic reputation by warning of the public health risks posed by this so-called modern, industrial agriculture. History provides compelling evidence that he was right. A half-century later, America is facing an epidemic of diet related illnesses, including obesity, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and various forms of cancer. If current trends continue, the cost of health care, which is already nearly twice the cost of food, will claim more than one-third of the U.S. economy by 2040. Recent scientific studies have linked a decline in the nutritional value of foods with the industrialization of agriculture. The result is foods rich in calories but poor in essential nutrients. As Albrecht had warned, the declining health of our people may well be a biochemical photograph of the declining health of our soils. Regardless, today’s agricultural scientists should embrace the vision and courage of William Albrecht to venture beyond their narrow academic fields of study, to rethink the science involved, and perhaps redefine their disciplines. The health of our nation may be impossible to restore without first restoring the health of our soils.

Healthy Soils, Healthy People: the Legacy of William Albrecht

[billy the kid]

the only thing that seems to matter these days is
Money, Power and Control.
when all this is up and running there'll be no way back
like the banks that are too big to fail or jail.
only money talks.
and then there is depression and the pharma. companies clean up.
people are powerless to do anything about it.
and supermarkets don't have to show that it is GM food.
the rich will have their own kosha food while we have the dregs.

[Kurgen]

The man was right but at the end of the day most of us could eat healthily but too many opt for a Maccy D.

We're all gonna die!

[Mr Earl]

We're all gonna die!

Righto no one escapes the death sentence. Ya just live longer without Hostess Cupcakes.

[Kurgen]

Veggie is the way forward.

[sabang]

Even the veggie is not as good as it used to be.

[sabang]

William Albrecht was a great man, and I hope some of you will Google him.
Treating ones environment as an infinite resource is surely the preserve of dumb animals, not humans.