Nutrient Dense Foods
Nutrient Dense Foods: We need to eat foods that have all our viatamins, beneficial amino acids, nutrients, minerals and a host of other things our bodies need in order for us to grow and function to our potential - both in mind and body. When minerals in the food are greater than the calories in that food, it is said to be nutrient dense.
If the grasses don't have everything BigRed needs, then we don't get everything our bodies need to be healthy when we harvest and consume our foods. To make up for this deficiency or lack, up and down the food chain, we supplement - and these never have the punch or balance the natural ingrediant would give us.
So your question is "How does the grass get what it needs?" Well, when the plant begins to pop out of the ground it wants calcium to make its walls nice and strong. The plants send out a signal (via roots exudates) what it wants. Today it is calcium! It is the soil biology or soil foodweb that is nature's preferred delivery system that delivers to the plant what it wants, in a form the plant can use, and in an amount the plant can use. So if fungi isn't there, the plant doesn't get to make its walls with calcium (it takes up potassium, instead, which is never as strong in a cell wall as calcium). When BigRed takes a bite of that grass, he doesn't get the calcium he needs and then when we harvest and eat BigRed, we don't get what we need.
It's the foodchain - and if all along the way, starting with the soil, every step of the way is functioning to its best, then we end up with 'nutrient dense foods'. Some folks even say that 'nutrient dense foods' are medicine - all you need to be healthy is eat these foods. We have to start with the soil.
Dr.Arden Andersen teaches that the brix level of the crop is correlated with its nutrient-density--that brix is a valuable measurement in determining the nutritional value of the crop. True Brix measures a combination of sugar,amino acids, oils, proteins, flavonoids, minerals and other goodies. Sugar is merely one of the components of Brix.
Dr Andersen says "Soil structural degradation probably remains, after salinity, the major threat to the sustainability of agricultural production. It is commonly associated with soil hardness, poor germination, restricted root growth, poor water infiltration, reduced water holding capacity and inevitably, reduced yields."
There is a trememdous need for these good foods today. If you want to grow these kinds of foods, we can help. We provide services that start with the basics and build from there. Give us a call when you are ready.
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