Given that, 'You are what you eat' and that it's now virtually impossible to avoid eating gene modified 'mutant' food, the question is...

How long before 'mutant' people start to come through the system???

With the world's food supply controlled by a handful of global companies, the old practice of testing products before putting them into the market has gone by the board. Now we the buyers are the guinea pigs and I for one don't like it !

It may seem that we're powerless against these all-powerful barons of industry, but that's not true. We can fight back. In fact, we MUST fight back! They're doing all they can to achieve total control of agriculture through gene modification and patents, but there's a growing movement fighting against this demonic movement. And people like you and me can join the fight. We can join the Organic Food Production movement. We can turn to growing our own food organically using natural seeds, which can be done almost anywhere. An apartment terrace will do, or even a window box. Size doesn't matter. What really counts is to keep ' mutant' food out of our bodies and assure the survival of patent free seeds.

I got lucky a few years ago when I came across Estepona's 'Mr Permaculture', a guy galled John Hillman. Permaculture is a word coined by Australian organic food guru Bill Mollison. It's a contraction of the two words, permanent and agriculture, and that's exactly what it is. Permaculture is ecologically sound, provides for its own needs, doesn't pollute, is sustainable and highly productive. John's enthusiasm is infectious and we were soon planning to install a high yield, low maintenance Permaculture system in my garden - a 'Gangamama Mandala'. John explained that the essence of Permaculture is soil management and fertility maintenance. Feed the soil, not the plant -- the soil will feed the plant very much better than chemicals can. I'm lucky enough to have 100m2 of land available, which when installed with the Mandala planted with certified organic seeds, should keep 5 of us free of the 'mutant' monoculture foods, as far as our vegetable consumption goes. Click HERE to view the Mandala under construction and HERE 6 months on.

There's also a further, much more profound reason to get into sustainable food growing. I keep a diary on the developing Mandela, where all is revealed. Why not take a look - (not for the faint hearted)    Diary

There's now plenty of proof that monocrop production results in poor food quality, and it's easy to demonstrate. There's a simple hand held instrument, called a Refractometer, which produces an instant test for food quality. It measures the percentage of sugar in plant juices (the "Brix" level). You put a leaf in a garlic crusher, squeeze some juice out onto the Refractometer, and hold it up to the light to get the percentage. A plant's mineral and protein content, and protein quality, are directly related to the sugar content in the sap. So the Refractometer is a reliable, quick and cheap quality test.

Standard Brix levels have been worked out for most crops, ranging from "Poor"  at around 5% to "Excellent" at 10% +. 

 It's common with monoculture produce to have Brix values as low as 3%, compared with organic produce invariably at 10% or higher.

Todays monoculture crops, even if planted with GM free seeds, are still fed and protected by chemicals are proven to be severely lacking in key nutrients that are traditionally supplied by good soil. Recent research by the Organic Advisory Service of the Organic Retailers & Growers Association of Australia (ORGAA) compared nutrient content of organic and conventionally grown vegetables. Results showed significant differences in mineral levels in favour of the organic produce. Calcium levels in some produce increased by eight times, potassium by ten times, magnesium by seven times and zinc by five times.

What about pests?

Healthy plants have good resistance to pests, but they have to be well-fed for that, and they get their food from the soil. If the food isn't in the soil, the plants won't be healthy. There's also 'companion planting' where crops are pest protected by close planting of a species that's a natural bug repellent. When you these apply organic principles in your garden, as in the Mandala, lo and behold, nature suddenly becomes your friend and ally, doing most of the work for you.

I've managed to persuade John Hillman that he must become more active in spreading the knowledge of Permaculture and so he's going to start doing short introductory courses in the very near future. Click HERE if you would like to know more.

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PS. There's also a further reason to go organic. In fact, this is the best reason of all !...                              Click here