Many of us have been complaining that the food today may be filling our
stomachs but is not making us healthy. Mother Earth News published a synopsis of
a study done by Dr. Donald R. Davis entitled, “Declining Fruit and Vegetable
Nutrient Composition” which revealed that commercially grown vegetables,
fruits and grains that our ancestors ate 100 years ago, and even as late as 30
years ago, have significantly less nutritional value than those same foods have
today. For example:

1. The protein concentrations in wheat and barley have declined by 30 to 50
percent between 1938 and 1990.

2. Newer corn varieties have less concentrations of protein, oil and three
amino acids than the older varieties.

3. Six minerals have declined by 22 to 39 percent in 14 widely grown wheat
varieties over the last 100 years.

4. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutrient data shows that the calcium
content of broccoli averaged 12.9 milligrams per gram of dry weight in 1950, but
only 4.4 mg/g dry weight in 2003.

So now we see why the people are suffering from malnutrition even while they
are eating themselves into obesity and the accompanying diet related diseases
such as diabetes. The raw products, wheat, corn and vegetables are already
deficient before they are further adulterated and stripped of nutrients through
over processing.

We at Muhammad Farms have noticed the difference between the crops that we
grow and those found in your local grocery store. We surmised that because we do
not use artificial fertilizers nor do we over-water our crops to make them grow
faster, our crops are able to pull up the required minerals to mature naturally
and provide the nutrients that our bodies need and our taste buds appreciate.

Dr. Davis notes that researchers have known since the 1940s that yield
increases produced by fertilization and irrigation tend to decrease the
concentrations of minerals in those plants. Then when you add in the fact that
plant breeders are shooting for high yielding varieties and not necessarily the
most nutritious varieties, the recipe for high starch and sugar content and
minimal protein and vitamin content has been manufactured in the laboratories of
the “merchants of death”.

The poor consumer is left stripped of food nutrients and blind as to how to
make intelligent decisions on what to eat, because the commercial food industry
is left to police itself. Another article found in this month’s “Mother
Earth News” details how “…interference, undue influence and big money from
vested interests are tainting scientific research at our universities and
government research centers.”

This article entitled, “Protecting the Integrity of Science” points out:
“Twenty-six corn researchers complained to the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) that they do not have free access to study the controversial genetically
engineered corn varieties now widely grown in the United States. Researchers
must request permission from the companies that own the varieties in order to
study them. Sometimes permission is denied, or the companies insist on reviewing
research before it is published.” So who is the EPA trying to protect, the
people or the companies?

So what can the people do? Grow food gardens, shop at farmers markets or
participate in the Ministry of Agriculture’s food buying club so that you can
get food from Muhammad Farms and other small farmers. In your gardens use older,
lower-yielding heirloom varieties and slow-release organic fertilizers as we do
at Muhammad Farms. If you need help visit and contact one of our representatives
from the “Ministry of Agriculture Resource List”. Support the Three Year
Economic Savings Program so that we can buy more land and expand our efforts to
grow you the best of foods, because what you are now eating may be filling but
it is also killing.