The way we produce food as a whole is not conducive to a sustainable and healthy future of the world’s inhabitants.  Growing foods organically and hydroponically are potential solutions to one of the principle issues we have with regards to our food production.   Our food today is being mass-produced and solely for a profit.  With industrial agriculture, plants are given the bare minimum they need to grow.  For example, tomatoes produced industrially would only contain 13-17 minerals, all used to grow the fruit.  If that same fruit was allowed to ripen on the vine and was provided with a wider spectrum of nutrients, it would contain many more sugars, amino acids, enzymes, and free radicals.  Many people are turning to producing their own foods in hydroponic grow rooms so they can ensure that what they are eating is actually beneficial to their diet.

If you don’t have your own hydroponic grow room or buy foods at farmers markets than you are probably eating nutrient deprived foods.  The reality of the issue is that we are what we eat and nutrition plays a huge role in our overall quality of living.  As Rudolph Steiner, an Australian scientist said, “Nutrition as it is today, does not supply the strength necessary for manifesting the spirit in the physical life.  A bridge can no longer be built to will and action.  Food plants no longer contain the forces people need for this.”

Article by, Brett McCormick, co-founder of Good Green Builders.  Good Green Builders is a hydroponic grow room contractor in Oakland, Ca.  Call today for your free consultation, (415) 246-8055.

Source: UrbanGardenMagazine.com