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Nutritional Farmingas opposed to Organic Farming

Paper Presented at:International Conference on Alternative Medicine

at

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatoreon March 16th to 19th, 2006by

Pramod Vora, DirectorSpaceAge Concepts (India) Ltd.

INNOVATIONS IN ALTERNATIVEAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES !

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Nutritional Farmingas opposed to Organic Farming

by

Pramod Vora, DirectorSpaceAge Concepts (India) Ltd.

INNOVATIONS IN ALTERNATIVE

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES !

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INNOVATORS IN ALTERNATIVE

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES !

SpaceAge 92 Corporate Park, Ste. C, #705

Irvine, CA 92606USA

Tel: 949 - 861 8164Fax: 949 - 861 - 8165

E-mail: spaceage@space-age.com

Internet: www.space-age.com/magwater/

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Rose 8 Inch In Diameter

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Hibiscus 8 Inch In Diameter

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Food = Medicine

Let thy Food be thy medicine and thymedicine be thy food.

Hippocrates, Civca 400BC

The doctor of the future will give nomedicine, but will interest his patient inthe care of the human frame, in Diet

and the cause and prevention ofdisease.

Thomas Edison

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Why Do I Need

Nutritional Farming?Does your land yield poor tonnage per

acre? This may be due to:

Over Cultivation of the land? Poor Soil pH?

Flooding due to extremely heavy rains?

Excessive use of Fertilizers in the past?

Poor Nutritional / Mineral Soil Content?

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How Is Nutritional Farming Useful?

Due to over cultivation of land and the useof Synthetic Fertilizers, the nutrition in thesoil has gone down tremendously

As a result the Nutritional / MedicinalValue of Food / Produce / Herbs and

Medicinal Plants has also gone downsubstantially.

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Lay Mans Test of Poor Nutritional

Value of Food / Produce

Poor Taste = Poor Nutritional Value

Weak & Sick Plant = Poor NutritionalValue

Diseased Plants / Crops that constantly

require Pesticides and Antibiotics tosurvive = Poor Nutrition Value

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Major Mineral Comparison of Food Grown Organically vs.Conventional Chemical (Synthetic Fertilizer) Production

SnapBeans Cabbage Lettuce Tomatoes Spinach

Calcium {Org. 40.5 60.0 71.0 23.0 95.0

{Con. 15.5 17.5 16.0 4.5 47.5

Magnesium {Org. 60.0 43.6 49.3 59.2 203.9

{Con. 14.8 15.6 13.1 4.5 45.9

Potassium {Org. 99.7 148.3 176.5 148.3 257.0

{Con. 29.1 53.7 53.7 58.6 84.0

Sodium {Org.8.6 20.4 12.2 5.5 59.5

{Con. 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.8

The amount of each chemical element is expressed in milligrams per 100 gramsdry weight for the above major elements.The above Table is based on research at Rutgers University, NJ, USA.

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Trace Mineral Comparision of Food Grown Organically vs.Conventional Chemical (Synthetic Fertilizer) Production

SnapBeans Cabbage Lettuce Tomatoes Spinach

Manganese {Org. 60 13 169 68 117

{Con. 2 2 1 1 1

Iron {Org. 227 94 516 1938 53

{Con. 10 20 9 1 0

Copper {Org. 69 48 60 53 32

{Con. 3 0.4 3 0 0.5

The amount of each element is expressed in parts per million for

the above trace elements.

The above Table is based on research done at:Rutgers University, NJ, USA.

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Result Of Farming WithChemical Fertilizers

The published results of this experiment show that theMineral elements Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium,Sodium, Manganese, Iron and Copper were far moreabundant in the five Garden Vegetables raised byOrganic Methods on Organic / Nutritionally Rich Soil

than the same Vegetables raised by CommercialMethods generally used to grow produce for market onover cultivated farm land treated with Synthetic Fertilizer.

Commercially grown Vegetables had only 13% of theMineral Elements than Organically grown

vegetables. This means that to obtain the sameMineral content you will have to eat 7 CommercialTomatoes to get the Nutrition of 1 Organically grownTomato.

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Prime Cause of Chronic Disease

Numerous Chronic Diseases Hypertension,old age Diabetes, Heart Disease to name a few,that we see today are a result of the Poor

Quality / Nutritional Value of food that ourCountry Produces on over cultivated landpreviously treated with Synthetic Fertilizer.

Symptoms of Diseases / Imbalances in the Body

will therefore not effectively respond toAromatherapy or Herbs grown on land with PoorNutritional Value.

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How To Correct This Problem?

This problem can only be solved by firstcorrecting the soil conditions and changing overto Nutritional Organic Farming i.e. farming

without the use of Synthetic Fertilizers,Herbicides and Pesticides as compared to pureOrganic Farming.

Organic Farming on poor land can only yield

crops with lower Nutritional / Medicinal Value. SoHerbs / Aromatherapy does not work.

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Shrinking Nutrition Part 1 !

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Shrinking Nutrition Part 2 !

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Can Organic FarmingBe The Solution?

Organic Farming alone will not help toimprove the Nutritional / Medicinal Value ofthe Food grown in the world since the Soil isalready seriously depleted. The construction

of Dams has prevented the deposition offresh silt and the removal of depleted TopSoil, by a natural process called floods. Thishas created an ecological disaster andsubjected mankind to Chronic Ailments and

premature death. In this case the use ofHerbs / Aromatherapy will not be veryeffective.

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Organic Farming On Depleted

Soil Does Not Make Much Sense. The need of using Organic Micronutrients

to build up the strength of the Soil is of

primary importance today. Once the Soilconditions are improved, Organic farmingwill help to prevent further damage to theSoil, and to improve the Nutritional value

of the Food we eat / Medicinal Value ofPlants used in Aromatherapy, Ayurvedaand Siddha Medicine.

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50 Years of Synthetic Fertilizers

It is now obvious, after 50 years of use ofSynthetic Fertilizers, that they damage the land,reduce the Nutritional Value of the crop andcause a host of Chronic Ailments. Synthetic

Fertilizer only replenish Nitrogen, Phosphorousand Potassium in the Soil. With each crop cycleother essential minerals like. Magnesium,Calcium, Zinc, Manganese, Boron, Iron,Chromium, Vanadium, Selenium etc get

depleted. This causes low immunity of the cropsand the need to use pesticides, herbicides andantibiotics seems necessary.

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What can we do about it?

Since the soil is depleted of essentialminerals and lacks nutritional value, atechnique has to be found to correct this

naturally through the use of Naturallyoccurring substances.

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What are the Natural Sources?

The following rocks are a rich source of: Barite for Boron Bauxite for Iron, Silicon

Calcite for Calcium Dolomite for Calcium, Magnesium and Iron Feldspar for Potassium and Silicon Chromite for Chromium and Iron

Manganite for Manganese Volcanic Ash for all elements of the Periodic

Table

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How to add these to the soil?

Watch and observe nature at work andlearn from its infinite wisdom and perfection.

Do exactly as the flowing waters of the

rivers do. Crush these Naturally occurring rocks from

the mines and add them to the soil

You can literally return your land back to thesame rich condition as it was a million yearsago.

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What else can we do?

Begin dismantling the Dams which havedamaged the ecology and the health of thenation and billions of people worldwide.This process has already begun in the US.

Begin Praying for Periodic Floods so thatthe depleted top soil can be removed moreefficiently and fresh silt can be depositedfrom the virgin mountain tops.

Use Bio-Magnetics to improve the yield ofthe land.

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Bio-Magnetics To The Rescue

Water Conditioning Technology helps to Naturallyenhance the Yield of the land, without use of SyntheticFertilizer. Magnetic Water Conditioners are a perfectfit for those farms equipped with Drip Irrigation orSprinkler System. This Technology, will increase the

Yield per acre, result in healthier crops, larger fruitsand flowers and will also ensure proper delivery ofwater day after day by preventing and dissolving theCalcium deposits on the jets, nozzles and sprinklerheads of the water system used to irrigate the land. It

does not deprive the land of beneficial minerals thatcome along with the irrigational water. WaterConditioning Technology can also be used for SoilDesalination and to repair land damaged by theexcessive use of Synthetic Fertilizers.

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Magnetic Water Conditioners

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Giant Lemon

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Rose 8 Inch In Diameter

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Hibiscus 8 Inch In Diameter

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Giant Mango

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Water Conditioners

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Magnetic Spray Bottle

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Magnetic Funnels

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Magnetic Treatment Of Seeds

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The Procedure

Take a Magnetic Funnel and a container tosoak the seeds. Pour water required for soakingseeds through the funnel into the container.

Then pass the seeds through the magneticfunnel. Thereafter soak the magnetically treatedseeds in the magnetically treated water in thecontainer for about 1.0 hour. Pour out the water

and pass the soaked seeds through themagnetic funnel once again. These seeds arenow ready for sowing.

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The Procedure for Bulk Seeds

To apply the above procedure to a verylarge number of seeds required to plant ina field, it is necessary to modify the above

procedure as follows: Pass fresh seeds through the magnetic

funnel before sowing, thereafter use onlymagnetic water for irrigation of the field.

Both these procedures will shownoticeably improved results.

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Soil Desalination

Magnetic treatment of water makes it possible touse salty water for irrigation of differentagricultural crops. It also helps to wash out thesalts from the soil.

When salts accumulate in the soil, its capacity togrow crops is seriously hampered as thecapillaries of the soil get choked up. This in turncauses less nutrition to reach through thecapillaries in the roots to the plant leading to iteventual death. Magnetically treated water canhelp to desalinate the soil.

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Soil Desalination

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Soil Desalination Part II

Magnetic treatment of water improves 3 to 4times it ability to dissolve solids which helps inthe desalination of the soil. Magnetically treated

water helps to break up larger crystalline salts(formed due to excessive use of Fertilizer) andnutrition into smaller particles which the plantroots can absorb easily. This leads to healthy

plants and better yields. Magnetic treatment ofsoil results in earlier harvesting and minimizesthe use of Fertilizers and irrigational water.

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Soil Desalination

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Goal ofNutritional Organic Farming

Correcting soil conditions to improve theNutritional Value (Quality / Taste) of the Food /Medicinal Value of the Plants grown in ourFarms should be the primary goal of the modern

day farmer. Increasing Nutrition to the HumanBody through good quality nutritious food /Medicinal Plants is a simple low cost solution tofree the body of chronic ailments and to achieve

a long and healthy life. Agricultural methods and goals of farming need

to be modernized for the good of mankind.

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Goal ofNutritional Organic Farming

The use of Bio Magnetic Technologies infarming, is the preferred method of agriculture,as it is totally natural (works in conjunction withthe Earth's magnetic field which has gradually

depleted) and does not use synthetic Fertilizers /Chemicals. Agriculturally advanced countrieslike Israel, Russia and America have taken leadin this direction.

Correcting the Mineral / Nutritional deficiency of

the soil is the first step to Nutritional OrganicFarming and a long healthy life free fromdisease for all mankind.

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Goals For The World - I

We need to save some money ear marked forHealth Care and invest in Nutritional Farmingand Certifying the Nutritional Value of Food andthe Medicinal Value of Plants.

Investing wisely in Nutritional Farming /Agriculture will save in Health Care Costs in thelong run.

Any amount of money spent on Health Care willbe a Mission Impossible. No one can provide aBed in a Hospital for every person in the world. Itis financially impossible!

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Goals For The World - II

India and the rest of the world needs to leapfroginto Nutritional Farming as opposed to OrganicFarming concept being actively promoted today.

Organic farming on depleted soil can only resultin crops with poorer Nutritional / MedicinalValue.

Caution needs to be exercised when

encouraging the conversion of expendedAgricultural Farmlands to Medicinal Plant Farms.

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Recommendations for

Further Research - I Use of Natural Sources of Mineral deposits to reactivate

the land to correct Nutritional Value of land.

Standards to be developed for Certifying Medicinal Value

of plants. Standards to be developed for Certifying the Nutritional

Value of Food.

Further Research in Bio-Magnetics to increase the yield

per acre to enable farmers to economically move over toOrganic / Nutritional Farming and to enable theproduction of low cost Organically / Nutritionally grownFood / Medicinal Plants.

R d i f

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Recommendations forFurther Research - II

Work needs to be seriously started on themodernization of Ayurveda / Siddha /Unani Medicine in keeping with the

ecological problems being faced by themasses today.

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Recommendation to the

Government Authorities - I We cannot keep on buying Food by weight alone. This isas foolish as buying brass at the price of pure gold.

There should be an agency to certify the NutritionalValue of food grown just as there are bodies that Certify

Organic Food. Organically grown Food / Plants do not guarantee its

Nutrition or Medicinal Value. It is pointless for the country to spend more on adding

Beds, Hospitals and Doctors. If we continue doing this

we will soon need a bed for every person in the world. Proper Nutritional Food / Medicinal Herbs will ensure the

need for minimal number of Beds, Hospitals and Doctorsin the country.

R d ti t th

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Recommendation to theGovernment Authorities - II

The manufacture and sale / advertising of single,double and triple refined Salt and Sugar shouldbe banned as important minerals required by the

human body are removed in the process ofrefinement. The whole concept of the DandiYatra movement of Mahatma Gandhi needs tobe revived.

For similar reasons the sale of Reverse OsmosisUnits for purification of drinking water fordomestic use should be banned.

R d ti t th

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Recommendation to theGovernment Authorities - III

The Government should recognize the importance andseparately classify all types of Dietary SupplementsHerbal and Nutritional so as to encourage its free OverThe Counter (OTC) Sale as Non Prescription Drugs.This would be in keeping with the norms of other

countries like USA, Canada and Europe. Turmeric,Ginger and Saffron to name a few, should not beclassified as Ayurvedic Medicine but strictly treated asfood items.

Caution should be exercised when sanctioning any more

Projects for the construction of Dams and their impact onthe health of the people. Dams which have completedtheir life span and need to be rebuild should besummarily dismantled.

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Enlightenment

Enlightenment is real and is withinour grasp at all times. At anymoment, we may be awakened from

our current perception of the worldaround us to another view alltogether. With such enlightenment,

nothing changes except our point ofview and that, changes everythingforever.

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Knowledge, Ignoranceand Delusion

The human mind remains under the influence of delusion untilignorance is completely dispelled. If there is no clarity of mind,the data that is gathered together from the external world is notperceived in a coordinated manner, and the clouded mindconceives a false vision. This is one of the modifications of the

mind, like fancy, fantasy, symbol and ideas.

Mayais cosmic illusion, and avidya is individual ignorancewhich comes from the lack of knowledge about objects andtheir truenature; it is also an illusion.

Discoordinated perception leads to delusion.

Adapted from:

Living with the Himalayan Mastersby Swami Rama

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INNOVATORS IN ALTERNATIVE

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES !SpaceAge

92 Corporate Park, Ste. C, #705

Irvine, CA 92606USA

Tel: 949 - 861 8164Fax: 949 - 861 - 8165

E-mail: spaceage@space-age.comInternet: www.space-age.com/magwater/

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INNOVATORS IN ALTERNATIVE

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES !

SpaceAge SpaceAge Concepts (India) Ltd.9/123 Marol Co-operative Industrial Estate

Marol Sagbaug, Andheri (E), Mumbai 400 059

Tel: (022) 2850-3986 / 2850-8653

Fax: (91) 022 2850 -6214E-mail: spaceage@space-age.com

Internet: www.space-age.com/magwater/

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The Hindu, Coimbatore Thursday March 16th, 2006