03881cam a2200553 4500 535808094 TxAuBib 20210918120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781550925135 155092513X B00AAL61HK Amazon 7fd2a8e9-90aa-43d5-9c27-77ffa1c3c458 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1177802 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Solomon, Steve. The Intelligent Gardener [Libby] : Growing Nutrient-Dense Food. New Society Publishers, 2012. Diabetes. fruits. Grains. cancer. heart disease. optimum health. health problems. Vegetables. Guidebook. poor nutrition. intensive agriculture. depleted soils. historic lows. less vitamins and minerals. obesity high blood pressure. serious concern. vital nutrients. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 6308kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Gardening. Technology. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>"It is bold, it is courageous, and it challenges many of our preconceptions about food, about soils, about farming, and about health." —Michael Ableman, farmer, author of <i>Farm the City</i></b><br /> <br /> To grow produce of the highest nutritional quality, the essential minerals lacking in our soil from intensive agriculture must be replaced. <i>The Intelligent Gardener</i> is the practical, step-by-step guide for any serious gardener who wants to:<br /> <br /> · Demystify this process<br /> · Debunk much of the false and misleading information perpetuated by both the conventional and organic agricultural movements<br /> · Re-mineralize our soil.<br /> <br /> Accompanied with customizable web-based spreadsheets, this toolkit calls for far more attention to detail than the simple addition of composted manure or NPK fertilizers. It conclusively establishes the link between healthy soil, healthy food, and healthy people.<br /> <br /> Vegetables, fruits, and grains are a major source of vital nutrients, but centuries of intensive agriculture have depleted our soils to historic lows. As a result, the broccoli you consume today may have less than half the vitamins and minerals that the equivalent serving would have contained a hundred years ago. This is a matter of serious concern, since poor nutrition has been linked to myriad health problems including cancer, heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes. For optimum health we must increase the nutrient density of our foods to the levels enjoyed by previous generations.<br /> <br /> <i>The Intelligent Gardener</i> goes beyond organic—it offers the essential tools for those who care about the quality of the produce they grow.<br /> <br /> "It's hard to imagine this book not having a significant and lasting impact on the way organic farmers and gardeners grow their crops." —Mark McDonald, West Coast Seeds</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-17 20:00:03. Reinheimer, Erica. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7FD2A8E9-90AA-43D5-9C27-77FFA1C3C458&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7FD2A8E9-90AA-43D5-9C27-77FFA1C3C458&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7FD2A8E9-90AA-43D5-9C27-77FFA1C3C458&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXLVP