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From: PeterB on 1 May 2006 10:58 The Difference Between Conventional and Organic Foods Nutrient levels in both organic and conventionally-grown foods were evaluated by reviewing data from 41 comparative studies on crops produced with organic matter and inorganic fertilisers. The study showed that organic crops yield higher average levels of some 21 nutrients analysed. The results were most statistically significant for Vitamin C (27% more), magnesium (29%), iron (21%) and phosphorus (14%). Ref: "Nutritional Quality of Organic Versus Conventional Fruits, Vegetables, and Grains," published in The Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2001, 161-173. V. Worthington, 2001. These findings are consistent with those set out in the Soil Association's 2001 Report. 'Organic farming, food quality & human health, a review of the evidence', which covered many of the same issues and background data the Food Commission cite: "Data from the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs shows that between 1940 and 1991, trace mineral in UK fruits and vegetables fell by up to 76%, and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) figures show similar declines. "A 1998 review of over 60 research papers 'comparing nutrient contents and animal health examined 1,230 individual nutrient comparisons. 56% showed better nutrient levels in organically grown crops... Data averaged 10 -20% in favour of organic; concluded there was a 'pattern of better nutrient composition and better health in animals consuming organic food. "The available valid scientific evidence reviewed here demonstrates a clear trend toward organically grown fruit and vegetables having higher levels of desirable components such as dry matter, essential minerals and Vitamin C than non-organically produced fruit and vegetables. "Although it is generally accepted that all nutrients removed from the soil in crops should be replaced, modern non-organic agriculture usually only replaces the elements required for plant growth - nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium (these three being commonly referred to as 'NPK') and hence there is a continuing tendency in non-organic systems for trace nutrient deficiencies to develop and increase." The Living Soil, published in 1943, laid the foundations for the formation of the Soil Association in 1946. Lady Eve Balfour cited research comparing arable fields treated with animal manures or chemical fertiliser, observing "...both plots had good crops with strong straw and well-filled heads, the seeds were kept separate and again two groups of rats from the same family were divided in equal halves - the one group fed from the chemically fertilised plot showed every evidence of malnutrition- those fed from the farmyard manured plot had a perfectly normal healthy growth." PeterB
From: Mark Probert on 1 May 2006 11:12 PeterB wrote: > The Difference Between Conventional and Organic Foods > > Nutrient levels in both organic and conventionally-grown foods were > evaluated by reviewing data from 41 comparative studies on crops > produced with organic matter and inorganic fertilisers. The study > showed that organic crops yield higher average levels of some 21 > nutrients analysed. The results were most statistically significant for > Vitamin C (27% more), magnesium (29%), iron (21%) and phosphorus (14%). > > > Ref: "Nutritional Quality of Organic Versus Conventional Fruits, > Vegetables, and Grains," published in The Journal of Alternative and > Complimentary Medicine, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2001, 161-173. V. Worthington, > 2001. > > These findings are consistent with those set out in the Soil > Association's 2001 Report. 'Organic farming, food quality & human > health, a review of the evidence', which covered many of the same > issues and background data the Food Commission cite: > > "Data from the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs > shows that between 1940 and 1991, trace mineral in UK fruits and > vegetables fell by up to 76%, and United States Department of > Agriculture (USDA) figures show similar declines. > > "A 1998 review of over 60 research papers 'comparing nutrient contents > and animal health examined 1,230 individual nutrient comparisons. 56% > showed better nutrient levels in organically grown crops... Data > averaged 10 -20% in favour of organic; concluded there was a 'pattern > of better nutrient composition and better health in animals consuming > organic food. > > "The available valid scientific evidence reviewed here demonstrates a > clear trend toward organically grown fruit and vegetables having higher > levels of desirable components such as dry matter, essential minerals > and Vitamin C than non-organically produced fruit and vegetables. > > "Although it is generally accepted that all nutrients removed from the > soil in crops should be replaced, modern non-organic agriculture > usually only replaces the elements required for plant growth - > nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium (these three being commonly referred to > as 'NPK') and hence there is a continuing tendency in non-organic > systems for trace nutrient deficiencies to develop and increase." > > The Living Soil, published in 1943, laid the foundations for the > formation of the Soil Association in 1946. Lady Eve Balfour cited > research comparing arable fields treated with animal manures or > chemical fertiliser, observing "...both plots had good crops with > strong straw and well-filled heads, the seeds were kept separate and > again two groups of rats from the same family were divided in equal > halves - the one group fed from the chemically fertilised plot showed > every evidence of malnutrition- those fed from the farmyard manured > plot had a perfectly normal healthy growth." Thanks, Peter, for posting the dirt on soil. I grow my own and this is planting weekend coming up. My compost is nearly black this year and looks good.
From: Jan Drew on 1 May 2006 16:41 "Mark Probert" <markprobert(a)lumbercartel.com> wrote in message news:Vzp5g.9$AR7.8(a)fe09.lga... > PeterB wrote: >> The Difference Between Conventional and Organic Foods >> >> Nutrient levels in both organic and conventionally-grown foods were >> evaluated by reviewing data from 41 comparative studies on crops >> produced with organic matter and inorganic fertilisers. The study >> showed that organic crops yield higher average levels of some 21 >> nutrients analysed. The results were most statistically significant for >> Vitamin C (27% more), magnesium (29%), iron (21%) and phosphorus (14%). >> >> >> Ref: "Nutritional Quality of Organic Versus Conventional Fruits, >> Vegetables, and Grains," published in The Journal of Alternative and >> Complimentary Medicine, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2001, 161-173. V. Worthington, >> 2001. >> >> These findings are consistent with those set out in the Soil >> Association's 2001 Report. 'Organic farming, food quality & human >> health, a review of the evidence', which covered many of the same >> issues and background data the Food Commission cite: >> >> "Data from the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs >> shows that between 1940 and 1991, trace mineral in UK fruits and >> vegetables fell by up to 76%, and United States Department of >> Agriculture (USDA) figures show similar declines. >> >> "A 1998 review of over 60 research papers 'comparing nutrient contents >> and animal health examined 1,230 individual nutrient comparisons. 56% >> showed better nutrient levels in organically grown crops... Data >> averaged 10 -20% in favour of organic; concluded there was a 'pattern >> of better nutrient composition and better health in animals consuming >> organic food. >> >> "The available valid scientific evidence reviewed here demonstrates a >> clear trend toward organically grown fruit and vegetables having higher >> levels of desirable components such as dry matter, essential minerals >> and Vitamin C than non-organically produced fruit and vegetables. >> >> "Although it is generally accepted that all nutrients removed from the >> soil in crops should be replaced, modern non-organic agriculture >> usually only replaces the elements required for plant growth - >> nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium (these three being commonly referred to >> as 'NPK') and hence there is a continuing tendency in non-organic >> systems for trace nutrient deficiencies to develop and increase." >> >> The Living Soil, published in 1943, laid the foundations for the >> formation of the Soil Association in 1946. Lady Eve Balfour cited >> research comparing arable fields treated with animal manures or >> chemical fertiliser, observing "...both plots had good crops with >> strong straw and well-filled heads, the seeds were kept separate and >> again two groups of rats from the same family were divided in equal >> halves - the one group fed from the chemically fertilised plot showed >> every evidence of malnutrition- those fed from the farmyard manured >> plot had a perfectly normal healthy growth." > > Thanks, Peter, for posting the dirt on soil. I grow my own and this is > planting weekend coming up. My compost is nearly black this year and looks > good. Sure is hard to keep the wild stories straight... *As for the lawn, we have a gardener*, *If the soil is too acid you add other minerals (ask the nursery person). Uh-oh, my gardener must be a member of the Illuminati*
From: Barnesdale on 1 May 2006 17:17 From Stuart Hyderman who also claims to be a chiropractor wrote in message: Jan Drew <jdrew1374(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:xnu5g.20285$4L1.3304(a)newssvr11.news.prodigy.com... > > > "Mark Probert" <markprobert(a)lumbercartel.com> wrote in message > news:Vzp5g.9$AR7.8(a)fe09.lga... > > PeterB wrote: > >> The Difference Between Conventional and Organic Foods > >> > >> Nutrient levels in both organic and conventionally-grown foods were > >> evaluated by reviewing data from 41 comparative studies on crops > >> produced with organic matter and inorganic fertilisers. The study > >> showed that organic crops yield higher average levels of some 21 > >> nutrients analysed. The results were most statistically significant for > >> Vitamin C (27% more), magnesium (29%), iron (21%) and phosphorus (14%). > >> > >> > >> Ref: "Nutritional Quality of Organic Versus Conventional Fruits, > >> Vegetables, and Grains," published in The Journal of Alternative and > >> Complimentary Medicine, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2001, 161-173. V. Worthington, > >> 2001. > >> > >> These findings are consistent with those set out in the Soil > >> Association's 2001 Report. 'Organic farming, food quality & human > >> health, a review of the evidence', which covered many of the same > >> issues and background data the Food Commission cite: > >> > >> "Data from the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs > >> shows that between 1940 and 1991, trace mineral in UK fruits and > >> vegetables fell by up to 76%, and United States Department of > >> Agriculture (USDA) figures show similar declines. > >> > >> "A 1998 review of over 60 research papers 'comparing nutrient contents > >> and animal health examined 1,230 individual nutrient comparisons. 56% > >> showed better nutrient levels in organically grown crops... Data > >> averaged 10 -20% in favour of organic; concluded there was a 'pattern > >> of better nutrient composition and better health in animals consuming > >> organic food. > >> > >> "The available valid scientific evidence reviewed here demonstrates a > >> clear trend toward organically grown fruit and vegetables having higher > >> levels of desirable components such as dry matter, essential minerals > >> and Vitamin C than non-organically produced fruit and vegetables. > >> > >> "Although it is generally accepted that all nutrients removed from the > >> soil in crops should be replaced, modern non-organic agriculture > >> usually only replaces the elements required for plant growth - > >> nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium (these three being commonly referred to > >> as 'NPK') and hence there is a continuing tendency in non-organic > >> systems for trace nutrient deficiencies to develop and increase." > >> > >> The Living Soil, published in 1943, laid the foundations for the > >> formation of the Soil Association in 1946. Lady Eve Balfour cited > >> research comparing arable fields treated with animal manures or > >> chemical fertiliser, observing "...both plots had good crops with > >> strong straw and well-filled heads, the seeds were kept separate and > >> again two groups of rats from the same family were divided in equal > >> halves - the one group fed from the chemically fertilised plot showed > >> every evidence of malnutrition- those fed from the farmyard manured > >> plot had a perfectly normal healthy growth." > > > > Thanks, Peter, for posting the dirt on soil. I grow my own and this is > > planting weekend coming up. My compost is nearly black this year and looks > > good. > > Sure is hard to keep the wild stories straight... > > *As for the lawn, we have a gardener*, > > *If the soil is too acid you add other minerals (ask the nursery person). > Uh-oh, > my gardener must be a member of the Illuminati* > >
From: Fuck Google on 1 May 2006 17:34
From Stuart Hyderman who also claims to be a chiropractor wrote in message: Barnesdale <gogo(a)feds.org> wrote in message news:VVu5g.32$a7.0(a)edtnps90... > From Stuart Hyderman who also claims to be a chiropractor wrote in message: > Jan Drew <jdrew1374(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > news:xnu5g.20285$4L1.3304(a)newssvr11.news.prodigy.com... > > > > > > "Mark Probert" <markprobert(a)lumbercartel.com> wrote in message > > news:Vzp5g.9$AR7.8(a)fe09.lga... > > > PeterB wrote: > > >> The Difference Between Conventional and Organic Foods > > >> > > >> Nutrient levels in both organic and conventionally-grown foods were > > >> evaluated by reviewing data from 41 comparative studies on crops > > >> produced with organic matter and inorganic fertilisers. The study > > >> showed that organic crops yield higher average levels of some 21 > > >> nutrients analysed. The results were most statistically significant for > > >> Vitamin C (27% more), magnesium (29%), iron (21%) and phosphorus (14%). > > >> > > >> > > >> Ref: "Nutritional Quality of Organic Versus Conventional Fruits, > > >> Vegetables, and Grains," published in The Journal of Alternative and > > >> Complimentary Medicine, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2001, 161-173. V. Worthington, > > >> 2001. > > >> > > >> These findings are consistent with those set out in the Soil > > >> Association's 2001 Report. 'Organic farming, food quality & human > > >> health, a review of the evidence', which covered many of the same > > >> issues and background data the Food Commission cite: > > >> > > >> "Data from the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs > > >> shows that between 1940 and 1991, trace mineral in UK fruits and > > >> vegetables fell by up to 76%, and United States Department of > > >> Agriculture (USDA) figures show similar declines. > > >> > > >> "A 1998 review of over 60 research papers 'comparing nutrient contents > > >> and animal health examined 1,230 individual nutrient comparisons. 56% > > >> showed better nutrient levels in organically grown crops... Data > > >> averaged 10 -20% in favour of organic; concluded there was a 'pattern > > >> of better nutrient composition and better health in animals consuming > > >> organic food. > > >> > > >> "The available valid scientific evidence reviewed here demonstrates a > > >> clear trend toward organically grown fruit and vegetables having higher > > >> levels of desirable components such as dry matter, essential minerals > > >> and Vitamin C than non-organically produced fruit and vegetables. > > >> > > >> "Although it is generally accepted that all nutrients removed from the > > >> soil in crops should be replaced, modern non-organic agriculture > > >> usually only replaces the elements required for plant growth - > > >> nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium (these three being commonly referred to > > >> as 'NPK') and hence there is a continuing tendency in non-organic > > >> systems for trace nutrient deficiencies to develop and increase." > > >> > > >> The Living Soil, published in 1943, laid the foundations for the > > >> formation of the Soil Association in 1946. Lady Eve Balfour cited > > >> research comparing arable fields treated with animal manures or > > >> chemical fertiliser, observing "...both plots had good crops with > > >> strong straw and well-filled heads, the seeds were kept separate and > > >> again two groups of rats from the same family were divided in equal > > >> halves - the one group fed from the chemically fertilised plot showed > > >> every evidence of malnutrition- those fed from the farmyard manured > > >> plot had a perfectly normal healthy growth." > > > > > > Thanks, Peter, for posting the dirt on soil. I grow my own and this is > > > planting weekend coming up. My compost is nearly black this year and > looks > > > good. > > > > Sure is hard to keep the wild stories straight... > > > > *As for the lawn, we have a gardener*, > > > > *If the soil is too acid you add other minerals (ask the nursery person). > > Uh-oh, > > my gardener must be a member of the Illuminati* > > > > > > |