Re: Is Organic Food Better?

Margaret Merrill (mmerrill@leo.vsla.edu)
Mon, 25 Nov 96 9:47:57 EST

>
> I would like to see the tests done in two other circumstances. I am
> interested in nutritional and taste results from soil that that has been
> remineralized vs. non-remineralized soil. I've read that there are
> differences, but not from particularly objective sourses. And I would be
> interested in comparisons in soils that have been treated with Keyline
> methods vs conventionally managed soils.

Vis-a-vis the mineral content of foods, one ought to look at
the work of Firman Bear (Rutgers) and William A. Albrecht
(Univ. of Missouri). I think that there were probably some
others who were also looking at the mineral content of foods in
relation to the soils in which they were grown. Bear has a
rather superb article documenting the differences in mineral
content of vegetables based on the mineral levels in the soil.
Don't have the reference with me, but if anyone wants it, I
will dig it out and post it.

Cheers,

Margaret

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Margaret Merrill
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