How Chemical Fertilizers Are Destroying Your Body, The Soil, And Your Food
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This page is a repost of an article arguing that synthetic fertilizers degrade soil health and human nutrition, followed by a brief exchange asking for solutions and a query about large-scale organic farming. The discussion focuses on the negative impacts of chemical inputs versus organic methods.
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“The alarming fact is that foods -- fruits and vegetables and grains -- now being raised on millions of acres of land that no longer contains enough of certain needed minerals, are starving us -- no matter how much of them we eat!”
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“No man of today can eat enough fruits and vegetables to supply his system with the mineral salts he requires for perfect health”
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“Is anyone practising large scale commercial organic farming.”
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Unclassified: The thread contains a specific quote from a 1936 US Senate document regarding nutritional deficiency, which serves as evidence for the reposted article's claims but does not fit standard agricultural themes.