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The New Agriculture: March 2010

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I won't rest until farming is cooler than rock 'n roll. Thursday, March 11, 2010. Part V: Is High Brix Enough? Part V: Is High Brix Enough? Edited March 14, 2010. Does that mean that a crop that has a high reading in *Brix is high in nutrients? Probably, but which nutrients and in what form? Are those nutrients in the best proportion and amounts for human and animal health? Maybe, maybe not. What do other common items measure in *Brix? The household chemicals and other liquids were taken up directly from...

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The New Agriculture: Part II: Prurient Interests and Not-So-Veiled Threats

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I won't rest until farming is cooler than rock 'n roll. Wednesday, November 11, 2009. Part II: Prurient Interests and Not-So-Veiled Threats. Ended with the promise of an appeal to prurient interests, loosely defined here as greed, power, status, and sex appeal. The promised threats will consist of the opposites: poverty, servitude, failure, and general unattractiveness. How am I proposing to make an arcane concept like soil minerals into such a combination of carrot and stick? Balancing the soil minerals...

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The New Agriculture: Part I : The Problem

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I won't rest until farming is cooler than rock 'n roll. Sunday, November 8, 2009. Part I : The Problem. Part II: Prurient Interests and Not-So-Veiled Threats. Part III: The Recipe. Part IV: A Call for Volunteers. When was the last time you bought a really sweet melon, or a tomato bursting with flavor and zing? I don't know about you, but I pretty much gave up on even buying grocery store melons or tomatoes years ago. Pretty much by appearance alone, yes? None And as we have all experienced, this produce ...

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The New Agriculture: March 2009

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I won't rest until farming is cooler than rock 'n roll. Sunday, March 1, 2009. Survival Gardening Part 1: Got Food? March 1, 2009. Survival Gardening, Part I:. Those who have not spent the last couple of years floating in an isolation tank are aware that the world economy is not doing very well and shows no sign of improving any time soon. Worldwide food shortages. It gets interesting here: Why does a diet high in refined sugars and starches cause tooth decay and osteoporosis? Getting back to the subject...

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The New Agriculture: January 2009

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I won't rest until farming is cooler than rock 'n roll. Friday, January 30, 2009. Links to this post. Thursday, January 8, 2009. Are the gift of Creation. The powers of Creation belong to us. All have heard or read "As above, so below". Now hear the whole passage:. From the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus:. As above so below for the performance of the miracles of the one thing.". This is how it is done. You wish to change what is happening here? Love I You Greatly. We need not beg the false gods th...

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The New Agriculture: November 2009

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I won't rest until farming is cooler than rock 'n roll. Sunday, November 29, 2009. Part IV: A Free Offer and Call for Volunteers. New Food Standards, Part IV: A Free Offer and Call for Volunteers. Please note that the "free offer" slots are filled up. We have around 30 participants so far. This part is about recruiting those who are interested in proving that we can grow food with as much or more flavor and nutrients as anyone ever has anywhere. The crops must also have. II A refractometer Brix reading o...

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The New Agriculture: December 2008

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I won't rest until farming is cooler than rock 'n roll. Saturday, December 6, 2008. Let the Stupid Grow the Food. Let the Stupid Grow the Food. Doesn’t that sound like a good idea? Those who are not smart enough to do anything else, let them grow the food we eat. Intelligent and talented people should be doing things that require talent and intelligence, not wasting their lives doing stupid things like growing food. They could go into government and make rules and regulate food production or food safety.

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The New Agriculture: July 2009

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I won't rest until farming is cooler than rock 'n roll. Sunday, July 12, 2009. Domestic Animals vs Vegetarian Agriculture. Here's my take on raising animals. Pardon the esoteric tone but I know of no better way to explain it. This same scenario applies to all "domestic" animals from dogs to bees to horses: Humans feed, protect, and multiply the allied animal species in exchange for the benefits the animals provide. I fail to see how the animal species loses from this arrangement. There are still ...The s...

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The New Agriculture: February 2009

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I won't rest until farming is cooler than rock 'n roll. Monday, February 23, 2009. The Coming Collapse and Then What? February 23, 2009. Some of you may have read about what Paul Volcker and especially George Soros. In 2009 has also gotten some attention. California is already banko, as is Kansas I believe. The other day I read that 46 out of the 50 states. Note that California is not sending out tax refund checks, but still expects its citizens to pay their property and income taxes. The first actio...

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The New Agriculture: Part III: The Recipe

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I won't rest until farming is cooler than rock 'n roll. Monday, November 16, 2009. Part III: The Recipe. Part I: The Problem. Part II: Prurient Interests and Not-So Veiled Threats. Part III The Recipe. Assuming that it is possible to grow crops with great flavor, high levels of nutrition, excellent keeping qualities, and a high resistance to disease and insect attack, how does one go about doing it? Obviously it starts with the soil. Important notice: Anyone who wishes to follow the rest of this, unless ...