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"Essentially, they work to compost our toxic bodies toward death while we are alive; but they can only advance their cause if they have the right environment. Turning the Composting Button Off Our objective is to stop the fermentation that allows microform bacteria to multiply and pleomorph. The key to reducing or eliminating microform bacteria is to remove their food sources. Their main food sources are acid-producing foods, especially meats and dairy, acid beverages, sugar in all its forms, plus foods that convert into sugars, for example, potatoes, rice, pasta, and pastries." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"What was going on with these people with cancer is that the composting button had been pushed and they began to compost; they began the cycle of degeneration. This is discussed in detail in the author's book Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine.10 The process of chronic disease is activated in a person who is toxic enough to push the composting button. Depending on the degree of toxicity and how hard this button is being pushed, composting may lead to chronic disease, misery, and, ultimately, death." - Gabriel Cousens, M.D., Spiritual Nutrition: Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and the Awakening of Kundalini (Get the book.)

"When we die, these little creatures really go to work and are able to compost the dead body back to the soil. While living, the body is meant to be slightly alkaline. After we die, the body, the corpse, becomes fully acidic, which allows the microorganisms to multiply without restriction in order to complete their composting work. Pleomorphic Life Forms The smallest living units within us, much smaller than our cells, have been called microzymes, and more recently are referred to as protits or somatids.14 They are in the cells, in extracellular fluid, lymph, and blood." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "This is what happens in our garden compost pile; microorganisms convert dead plant and animal matter back to soil. This process happens in us too. Because of our typical diets, most of us are acidic and therefore have less than optimum levels of oxygen in our systems. This allows microform bacteria to grow and proliferate, and in the process, drain our energy reserves. When we die, these little creatures really go to work and are able to compost the dead body back to the soil. While living, the body is meant to be slightly alkaline." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"To give you a sense of the extent of these differences, consider: • Conventional farms use no compost at all in the growing of their crops. Instead, they rely on chemical fertilizers that have a limited range of nutrients—just what the plant requires to grow, which is why they are so deficient in the nuttients that people need. (And of course, we won't even talk about taste.) • The average organic farm uses about 3? tons of organic matter/compost per acre per year. • The average super organic farm will use upwards of 100 tons of organic matter per acre per year." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Compost does the trick, of course, but compost can be a lot of work. So, Roland and his co-experimenters plant "green manure" and cover crops—like clover—to accomplish the same thing that compost does but without the hassle of building heaps and transporting compost to the fields. Through trial and error, four other principles emerged for Roland: keeping soil covered, leaving the soil untilled, maintaining plant diversity, and, in the acid soils of the humid tropics, feeding nutrients (phosphorus, for example) to plants through mulch." - Jeremy P. Tarcher, Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet (Get the book.)

"Though creative, Steiner's innovations in the area of composting, compost inoculants, and land management have been almost completely ignored by the U.S. agribusiness community until very recently. Still, his work has been and remains important to organic, biodynamic, and biological farmers. Steiner's Waldorf schools are one of the fastest-growing educational programs in the United States. And both the biodynamic farm movement and the Waldorf schools are rapidly growing in many parts of the world." - Will Allen, The War on Bugs (Get the book.)

"Using organic matter, compost, or animal manure enhances soil quality. Chemical fertilizers are not used. Studies have shown that organic produce contains significantly higher levels of minerals and fewer heavy metals than conventionally grown crops.13 READ THOSE LABELS! We need to become aware of the ingredients that are in the products we consume, put on our body, or clean with. To do this, we must read labels! If you are not already in this habit, you may be in for a surprise. For instance, most brands of toothpaste contain three ingredients that pose health risks if too much is ingested." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"The key, Vinod and Roland agree, is maximizing the soil's organic matter. compost does the trick, of course, but compost can be a lot of work. So, Roland and his co-experimenters plant "green manure" and cover crops—like clover—to accomplish the same thing that compost does but without the hassle of building heaps and transporting compost to the fields." - Jeremy P. Tarcher, Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet (Get the book.)

"After they inspected the skeleton of the barn, Race asked to see our compost pile. Bill and I walked in the front followed by Davis, Larry, and Francis, while Race and Taylor lagged behind. From the compost pile you could see Freddie the llama and the sheep in a paddock in the adjacent field. Freddie saw Bill and screeched. Immediately he rounded up the sheep and geese and chased them into the side of the paddock farthest from us." - Linda Faillace, Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm (Get the book.)

"Do you really want to encase your child in rubber and create a compost pile out of your baby's poop? It's just not healthy—it's like putting a plastic bag around your baby. I had another diaper dilemma several years later, when Wyatt was a toddler and too big for regular diapers but not yet completely potty trained. What could I use? The "pull-ups" that are made out of diaper material but designed to resemble underwear are the most obvious choice, but unfortunately, Tushies and other eco-friendly companies didn't yet make a pull-up. In the end, I had no choice but to use the traditional (i.e." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"In fact some raw fooders who grow their own food and compost their vegetative waste into their gardens find that they have stopped producing trash altogether! Furthermore, much forestation has been depleted in order to produce wood for cooking in areas where people are too poor to own a stove. For those who cannot afford wood to cook with, cattle dung is often used. I remember traveling in India and having to breathe in the polluted air as people burned water buffalo dung in order to cook. When on a raw diet, you also don't destroy any of the nutrients, so you don't need as much food." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"And if you have a backyard, consider starting a compost pile for organic kitchen waste. Educating ourselves and our children on the importance of recycling/reusing is a difficult job in such a disposable country. Giving old toys/clothing away to charities or even having garage sales is a good start. When shopping for items for the family, teach them that buying a used item is giving it new life and a new home! Julie S." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Purslane, a common weed that you probably pull out of your garden and throw on the compost heap, has the highest concentration of the omega-3 fatty acid alpha linolenic acid (ALA)-not to be confused with the omega-6 fat alpha linoleic acid. Don't you just love how we scientists make this confusing? Linolenic acid is also present in high amounts in walnuts and flaxseeds and their oil, as well as in canola oil, derived from rapeseed, and from hemp seeds-yes, that cousin of marijuana-and their oil. I call these nut- and seed-based fats "brown," as distinct from "green" oils." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"An accelerator makes the feathers compost faster.) Fish: If you live with a cat, just open a can of food that contains fish and watch kitty come running. The parts used are fish heads, tails, fins, bones, and viscera. If the label lists "fish," this means that the fish parts come directly from the fish processing plants and do not go through the rendering process. R.L. Wysong, DVM, states that because the entire fish is not used for most commercial pet foods, it does not contain many of the fat soluble vitamins, minerals, and omega-3 fatty acids necessary for good nutrition." - Ann N. Martin, Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food (Get the book.)

"Add a backyard compost pile or worm bin for your kitchen scraps, and harvest the rainwater that runs off your roof, and your house can soon be a wild oasis in a sea of carefully clipped lawns and asphalt. The real payoff, though, comes as those oases multiply, forming a mosaic of habitats dotting the city. Indeed, imagine more and more backyard wildlife sanctuaries, woven into a larger urban fabric of green roofs, street trees, and restored streams and wetlands —an urban landscape where nature is at home." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"As epiphytes they respond well to compost and to some form of shading. Pollination is usually done by hand to ensure proper fruit set. The ripe fruits are picked by hand. Uses & properties The fruits have become popular as attractive and exotic centrepieces in green salads or fruit salads. They are delicious to eat when fresh and chilled - simply cut in half and scoop out the flesh with a spoon. The fruits can also be variously processed to make juice, wine, liqueur and puree for ice cream." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.)

"The seed on the right, which was planted at the exact same time and day, was planted in topsoil made from forest compost products, such as leaves, pine needles and so on. As you can see in the picture, there is a great difference between the two plants. The plant on the right is far healthier and is taller, more vibrant, and is obviously benefiting from the superior nutrition it has been provided. Identical genes, but different health outcomes There are a couple of other things to note here as well. Both plants have the exact same genetic code." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.)

"Besides fertilizing the soil, compost improves it physically in terms of its texture and structure. Its use on diverse kinds of cultivated crops has yielded highly satisfactory results on the harvest. compost also has a high capacity for retaining water which might otherwise erode soil. compost offers the following benefits: 1. Betters the structure and texture of soil. 2. Increases the capacity of soil to retainmoisture. 3. Helps avoid flood damage in the rainy season and cracking in the drought season. 4. Facilitates field work like plowing, weeding, etc. 5." - Francisco, M.D. Contreras, Health in the 21st Century: Will Doctors Survive? (Get the book.)

"Their facilities include fruit trees, straw bale houses, cottages, outdoor showers, compost toilets and beachfront access to the Yuba River! Sprout Raw Food Learning Center 1085 Lake Charles Drive Roswell, GA 30075 770-992-9218 Contacts: Jackie and Gideon www.sproutrawfood.com Sprout Raw Food offers living food lifestyle training, classes, food demos, catering and much more. Tree Of Life Rejuvenation Center 686 Harshaw Road Patagonia, AZ 85624 Phone: 520-394-2520 healing@treeoflife.nu www.treeoflife.nu Director: Dr. Gabriel Cousens Tree Of Life was founded by raw-foodist, Dr." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"We don't compost food scraps. In the living room in front of the Stickley hardwood entertainment center where the big television monitor looms like some surreal Orwellian messenger of war and violence, Chinese-manufactured petrochemical toys abound. They are in boxes, on the fireplace, by the TV, on the couch, on the beat-up coffee table where the children draw. I tell the kids they have more toys than Princes William and Harry when they are children—and they were royalty and all we are is petrochemical-sucking middle-class America." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"The abode of the Sunfoodist is rich and luxuriant; it is filled in one place with exotic fruit trees and garden herbs - all fertilized by the compost of a plentiful Sunfood lifestyle. It is recognized as a special place of massive abundance. Become a fully activated human being. Read and take action on the information contained in the gardening books mentioned on the previous page. LESSON 100% RAW "The Paradisical diet is not only sufficient, but it brings you higher and higher, into physical and mental conditions never before experienced." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.) "It compels us to compost our food scraps and to improve the soil each year. Growing our own food decreases pollution because it reduces our participation in the transportation and/or packaging challenges incurred by shipping food. In the great outdoors you can never grow bored nor weary, but will remain content and joyful. "All my ills my garden spade," wrote Emerson. The most contented and happy people are those who breathe in the rich vapors of their home garden. I know that is where I feel best." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"These corn-based polymers degrade like corn or tomatoes would if you compost them," Rosenthal said. "In addition, NatureWorks also purchases back its own materials and easily turns them back into lactic acid for reuse," Buckles said. Buckles handed me several more containers, including packaging perishables for the natural supermarket giant Wild Oats is using for fresh produce and perishables." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"As one example of a deeper solution, McDonough's design firm, MBDC, designed an upholstery fabric from wool and cellulose that can be tossed into a compost pile at the end of its life to completely biodegrade. McDonough has dubbed the material a "biological nutrient" — when the "wasted" object is discarded it becomes food for cultivating more wool and cellulose, beginning the entire process again from its birth." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"The positive side of this experience is that these herbs are still suitable for composting. And compost is good, just less heartbreaking when made with kitchen waste and grass clippings. • Stuffing a paper bag full with fresh herb greens and/ or blossoms will often in a short time ignite the composting syndrome. So, while transporting, place collections of freshly picked plant parts in a cool and shady location and get them back out of the bag and arranged in bundles for hanging or placed onto drying racks as soon as possible. Don't put this off." - James Green, The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook (Get the book.)

"Over time, the compost biodegrades and seeds sprout from within the concrete square; the structure remains intact, but becomes partially obscured by grass. The roots of the plants actually take in pollutants from the ground beneath the pavement and clean up the soil. They also take in contaminants as they absorb storm runoff, both cleaning the water that goes into the ground and controlling flooding." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "We now know how to turn un-needed grass into cabinets, to weave flame-retardant cloth that will compost in a field, to send electronics back to their makers to be disassembled and made anew. We can power our toxin-free laptops by teasing energy out of the sun. In trying to create this change, designers can spend a lot of time fussing about technical details that are often outside their purview, thereby failing to play to their greatest strengths. The liberation of sustainable design will mean changing the way we compose and conceive of our material world, piece by piece." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Pour the tincture into dark glass bottles, and label and date them. compost the spent plant material. Store the bottles away from heat and light. Alcohol is an ideal menstruum for extracting fats, resins, waxes, and most alkaloids. It is an excellent preservative and is quickly assimilated. It must be at least 50 proof to have good preservative qualities. Vodka or brandy is a good choice. Alcohol tinctures will last for many years. Vegetable glycerin is a useful menstruum when you are making tinctures for those who are alcohol-intolerant, for children, or for pregnant or nursing mothers." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.) "Added to a compost pile, yarrow will accelerate its breakdown. When grown in the garden, it helps other plants nearby be more disease resistant. The bitter young leaves and flowers are edible, raw or cooked. Yarrow is sometimes used in making liqueurs, and it is used in making Swedish beer to increase the intoxicating effects and preserve the beer. The essential oil of yarrow is used as a soda flavoring agent. Other Uses Dried yarrow stalks were once used to throw the I Ching, an ancient Chinese system for guidance and wisdom. Druids used yarrow stems to foretell the weather." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.)

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