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by Lammy
1910 days ago
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> Anyhow, it's insane to me that it took this far into the 21st century for modern medicine to see the obvious when it comes to emphasis of the gut biome in the overall health of the body and mind. It does make me wonder if anyone in agriculture/food/health/etc has known about this stuff in private, and for how long if so, like how Exxon did private climate-change studies in the 1970s: https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/-/media/Global/Files/climat... |
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Yes, Biodynmiac agriculture is just a lot of sound microbiological practices explained with a 'woo' lens which yields amazing food; essentially what the preps are just an inoculation of the microbes found in the Ruminants needed to ensure a healthy flora and fauna at the beginning of a growing season, add this to N fixated crops in rotation with heavy feeders and leaving times of dormancy to repair with grazing Ruminants animals in the off-seasons.
These practices have been in practice since (at least) the beginning of the 20th Century, they started in Austria but took hold in Germany in earnest ever since, and while I think Rudolf Steiner was mainly a grifter, he did create a solid foundation for renewable, sustainable Ag.
Source: Me, a cellular and molecular biologist that undertook a Biodynamic horticulture 'Master Gardener' apprenticeship in Europe. Then managed a Biodynamic farm in Hawaii.
Also, I'd argue most European and Asian cultures have fermented foods that span millennia that reflect the need to maintain a healthy gut biome with tasty food like kimchi or sauerkraut, tsukeomono, too.