WHAT WE EAT by Scott Maricle of Well Rooted Farms
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ur mission is to produce nutrient-dense food ,free from pesticides because what we eat matters.
Matt ers deficiencies. For example, without access to enough Molybdenum to be used as an enzyme cofactor to convert nitrates into amino acids, they will attract insects that feed
A healthy plant is free from disease, insects and pests by It is not the absence of pathogens or pests that definition. It is makes a plant healthy, it's because of a healthy not the absence of pathogens or immune system that does not attract pests. pests that makes a plant healthy, it's because on the Nitrates in the plant's sap. If of a healthy immune system they do not have access to enough that does not attract pests. This Calcium and Boron at the right time, requires at minimum, a balance a tomato or pepper fruit skin will of the following elements: be weak, leaving it vulnerable to Oxygen, Hydrogen, Carbon, pathogens that cause blossom end Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, rot. Sulfur, Calcium, Magnesium, At Well Rooted Farms, we test our Manganese, Zinc, Iron, Copper, plants to monitor the elements that Boron, Molybdenum, Cobalt, and they have access to from the soil. Selenium. Plants can survive with We then feed them what they need
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BEND HEALTH GUIDE | Fall 2021
