If you are interested in health, nutrition or gardening, you will want
to mark May 11th on your calendar. Come learn about a program that can
develop fertile soil which in turn can produce delicious,
nutrient-dense crops that are resistant to pests, weeds and disease,
year after year. Healthier soil leads to healthier plants and,
ultimately, healthier people.

Come learn how to test your foods to find the most nutritious and the
most delicious. See the difference by testing and tasting foods from a
conventional supermarket, certified organic foods, and foods from a
gardener that grows truly nutrient-dense produce (and meat). Find out
that little difference that could mean great differences in your health
and well-being. It's so simple, but so important!

The meeting is Thursday, May 11th at Schusterman-Benson library (3333
E. 32nd Pl.--32nd & Harvard) at 7:00 pm.

I will leave you (below) with a couple stories on brix and
refractometers (which you will learn about at the meeting) that are
quite inspiring. Feel free to forward this email. Let's get the
information out there and start enjoying tastier foods and greater
health!

See you on May 11th!
Joy Remington
Tulsa chapter leader
joyremington@...
918-749-2522
Weston A. Price Foundation
www.westonaprice.org
www.realmilk.com

"Many years ago I made the rounds of the local farmers' market and
bought a cantaloupe from every vendor. When I got home my daughter was
there with her two daughters, ages 10 and 3. I took the cantaloupes out
on the porch and cut them all in half. I had a couple of 9 Brix losers
and they immediately went in the compost buckets (Brix measuring 7-9 is
the tasteless melon you find on salad bars). I ended up with several
11's, several 13's, and a single 15. I called the girls out on the
porch and gave them their first chance to use a refractometer to
measure each of the fruits. Yes, little kids can use a refractometer
and they have no trouble calling out the Brix number they see--if they
know how to read numbers. Anyway, I suggested they taste samples as
they went. I then found out that they did not have any cantaloupe at
home.

'OK girls,' I said, 'I'm going to let you take one of these 11's home.'

'That's not fair,' they both shouted out.

'OK--you can have all the 11's and one of the 13's.'

'Pops, you're being mean!' they shouted together.

'All right, already--you can have all the 11's, all the 13's and I'll
keep just this one.'

That, too, was a no-sale. I gave them spoons and they wolfed down the
15. They then helped me carry the 11's out to the big compost pile. I
was left with one of the 13's, but I have to admit I secretly begrudged
them that yummy 15."

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"Six years ago, when Rodney moved to his current farm, his next-door
neighbor told him he'd regret it. The farm and soil were in bad shape.
But things didn't quite work out as his neighbor predicted. Rodney
recalls an incident in the summer of 2003 when his neighbor's
conventionally-grown alfalfa crops were wiped out by grasshoppers. His
neightbor used conventional fertilizers and sprayed both pesticides and
herbicides on his crop. Rodney sprayed nothing on his crops--he just
used Reams methods and fertilizers to grow high-Brix crops. One day his
neighbor stood on the border of Rodney's alfalfa crops and his own. He
then took three steps into his own field and was immediately swarmed by
grasshoppers. He stepped back into Rodney's field and the grasshoppers
hopped off him. He stepped back into his own field and was immediately
covered with the insects once again. He repeated this five times with
Rodney and several others witnessing. Each time the same thing
happened. He was covered with grasshoppers when he stepped into his own
field, but they hopped off him when he stepped back into Rodney's
field.

Both fields contained the same variety of alfalfa. The major difference
was the higher fertility of Rodney's soil. His alfalfa crops were on
average 12-14 Brix (his highest Brixed at 19) while his neighbor's crop
was on average 3-4 Brix. It was Rodney's best year for growing alfalfa,
and his neighbor's worst."

Both stories are from "The Quest for Nutrient-Dense Food," Wise
Traditions (the quarterly magazine of the Weston A. Price Foundation),
Winter 2004 and you can read the whole article at
http://www.westonaprice.org/farming/nutrient-dense.html


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