Happy New Year 2017
Hope
all of you had a Merry Christmas and a great holiday no matter how you
celebrate your holiday season.
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What’s
happen at County Taste Farm
Of
Course at this time of year I get together with family and friends, which it
seem like someone will share their cold with me, thank you this year to my
granddaughter for my annual head cold. My first line of attack is to boost my
immune system with Fruits and Vegetables. I do Take a daily multiple Vitamin,
however as my cold got me down I began looking for more help. I saw a TV add
for Airborne Immune Support Supplement. I always read the label on anything
that I consume. I read that this product claimed a Blast of Vitamin C Plus 13
vitamins, Minerals & Herbs. The Minerals and Herbs Got My Attention. I read
the Minerals it contained were Magnesium, Zinc, Selenium, Manganese, Sodium, Potassium. The only herb that I
could recognize was Ginger.
I
had just taken Soil samples of our fields and high tunnels to determine what
deficiencies need attention for the 2017 growing season. The
Soil Analysis report includes Nitrate N, Phosphorus P, Potassium
K, Magnesium MG, Calcium Ca, Sodium Na, Sulfur S, Zinc Zn,
Manganese Mn, Iron Fe, Copper Cu, Boron B.
I
Decided to compare the minerals I found in Airborne for Human needs to the same
minerals needed in Plants
How they affect your Body:
Micronutrients are
vital to the proper functioning of all of your body's systems. Sodium, for
instance, is responsible for maintaining the proper fluid balance in your body;
it helps fluids pass through cell walls and helps regulate appropriate pH
levels in your blood. Here are some of the ways that other micronutrients help
maintain your body's systems:
- Manganese
promotes bone formation and energy production, and helps your body
metabolize the macronutrients, protein, carbohydrate and fat.
- Magnesium helps
your heart maintain its normal rhythm. It helps your body convert glucose
(blood sugar) into energy, and it is necessary for the metabolization of
the micronutrients calcium and vitamin C.
- Iron helps your
body produce red blood cells and lymphocytes.
How they Effect
Plants:
Manganese
- Manganese Functions with enzyme systems
involved in breakdown of carbohydrates, and nitrogen metabolism.
- Soil is a source of manganese.
Magnesium
- Magnesium is part of the chlorophyll in
all green plants and essential for photosynthesis. It also helps activate
many plant enzymes needed for growth.
- Soil minerals, organic material,
fertilizers, and dolomitic limestone are sources of magnesium for plants.
Iron
- Iron Essential for formation of
chlorophyll.
- Sources of iron are the soil, iron
sulfate, iron chelate.
Zinc
- Zinc Essential for the transformation of
carbohydrates.
- Regulates consumption of sugars.
- Part of the enzyme systems which
regulate plant growth.
- Sources of zinc are soil, zinc oxide,
zinc sulfate, zinc chelate.
Potassium
- Potassium is absorbed by plants in
larger amounts than any other mineral element except nitrogen and, in some
cases, calcium.
- Helps in the building of protein,
photosynthesis, fruit quality and reduction of diseases
- Potassium
is supplied to plants by soil minerals, organic materials, and fertilizer.
We continue to test
our soil for plant nutrient Deficiencies and supplement as necessary, which
helps our Fruits and Vegetable to be Healthy and nutritionally dense.
As you can see many
of Minerals needed in your body are also needed in Plants. Fruits and vegetables
provide your body with many of its Nutritional needs.
We
continue to build our soil using a base of natural turkey fertilizer to
increase soil organic matter and microbial activity. Then adding the missing
elements to the soil as needed.
“Know Your Farm Know Your Food”
