Francis Chaboussou was an agronomist at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research. He introduced the term trophobiosis to describe the symbiotic association between organisms where food is to be obtained or provided. The provider of the food is referred to as a trophobiont. The term is also used for a theory of pest resurgence on crops to which pesticides have been applied causing an increasing dependence upon pesticides. This book is a translation from the French edition of 1985.
Although it is difficult to find any information about Francis Chaboussou, he left a legacy that can transform the way we think about insects and agriculture. In the commentary with which the book begins, Dr. Ulrich E. Loening says that Charboussou's thesis is quite simple: "most pest and disease organisms depend for their growth on free amino acids and reducing sugars in solution in the plant's cell sap." Charoussou's studies range over fifty years, and his conclusions as to the how and why the free amino acids and reducing sugars are produced in the sap are the subject of this book.
Charles Walters is the founder and head of Acres USA, which is a forum for organic farming. Acres publishes many books on all aspects of farming, and holds an annual conference in the heartland of the US. This organization is on the cutting edge of agronomy in this country. Dan Skow is a veterinarian and a student of the late Carey Reams. Many of Dr. Skow's lectures can be found on the Acres website as DVDs and audio tapes. Charles Walters has written numerous articles and books, and his works can be found on that site as well.
Mainline Farming for Century 21 explores in more depth many of the topics taught in the Real Food Campaign nutrient density growing courses, and would be a valuable resource for anyone wanting to go deeper into Reams method. There is much in this book for those who are interested in balancing the minerals in their soil. Like many other books of this kind, it is better to own a copy to dip into.
BREAKING NEWS!!! LEAD INTO GOLD! Scientists Report Lab Success in Transmuting Lead into Gold. Exclusive Report to the Bio-Nutrient Food Association. READ IT HERE!!
That would get everyone's attention, yes? But really, these days, who cares? I would rather have bought Intel at $6. Now, there's a gold mine. The fact is, we haven't had much success transmuting lead into gold, and what we have transmuted usually turns out to be radio-active. But what if everything around us, including us, was transmuting elements all the time without giving it a moment's thought? You would think that would be big news---and you would be wrong. I have been reading in the fields of nutrition and agriculture for years and this is the first I have heard of it even if the ideas have been around since 1799. Vauquelin, a French chemist found that hens excreted in feces and egg more lime than existed in the oats he fed them. In 1822, another French man, Choubard, germinated same watercress seeds in an inert dish (glass) and found that the young plants contained minerals that did not exist in the seeds. In 1844, Vogel found that watercress plants contained more sulfur than was in the seeds when none was added. In 1875, Von Herzeele concluded that there was a transmutation of elements occurring when he grew plants in a well-studied medium (sic), and found discrepancies in the weights of magnesium. In 1960 these studies were published by Baranger, but he was scooped by Louis Kervan, who in 1959 published the results of his years of experiments and announced to the world that not only molecules but atoms themselves can be transformed. Naturally, Kervran was ridiculed but he also received some strong support. Ultimately, scientists from around the world and the governments of Russia and China invited him to come and train their scientists.
Francis Chaboussou was an agronomist at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research. He introduced the term trophobiosis to describe the symbiotic association between organisms where food is to be obtained or provided. The provider of the food is referred to as a trophobiont. The term is also used for a theory of pest resurgence on crops to which pesticides have been applied causing an increasing dependence upon pesticides. This book is a translation from the French edition of 1985.
Charles Walters is the founder and head of Acres USA, which is a forum for organic farming. Acres publishes many books on all aspects of farming, and holds an annual conference in the heartland of the US. This organization is on the cutting edge of agronomy in this country. Dan Skow is a veterinarian and a student of the late Carey Reams. Many of Dr. Skow's lectures can be found on the Acres website as DVDs and audio tapes. Charles Walters has written numerous articles and books, and his works can be found on that site as well. 