Fear of sweet plant foods is running rampant in most nutrition circles these days. Let’s 
examine the facts concerning our natural biological disposition, so that you may teach the truth about how we are meant to eat and thrive. The Creator gave us a “sweet tooth” for good reasons:
 •  Sugar is the preferred and pr
emium fuel used by every cell in our bodies! Our cells 
run best on glucose. Not fat, protein or ketones—a ketogenic condition is an unsustain -
able emergency condition that acidifies the body. Our muscles function best when their 
cells are stoked with glucose
. Sugar “burns” cleanly without toxic waste byproducts. In 
order to be healthy, we need sugar—not refined white sugar, but sugar from whole fruits and vegetables. Fuel up on fruit sugar! •  When we eat sw
eet whole foods, we are rewarded for obeying our sense of taste. We 
feel good, nourish and fuel up our bodies, support the maintenance of alkaline balance, and help the planet. The natural order of life calls for humans to eat diets consisting mostly of sweet raw fruits! •  Humans have a symbiotic relationship with fruits
. That is, we are natural partners in 
the web of life with delectable fruits. We enjoy the deliciousness of fruits, receive supe -
rior nutrition, disperse the seeds and perpetuate life on our planet. •  Biologically, humans are frugiv
ores! We do best on a fruit-based (fruitarian) diet, 
which includes vegetables and minimal-to-moderate amounts of raw seeds and nuts. Whole fruits, vegetables, squashes and tubers have good sugar, packaged with a pletho -
ra of life-sustaining nutrients. Commercial int er
ests gave us refined white sugar for bad reasons:
 •  To perver
t our senses and destroy our health with seductively sweet, nutrient-bereft 
junk, and to ruin the ecology of our planet.Yes, we should shun refined sugar, but we should NOT fear sugars naturally occurring in 
fruit!93
FruiticultureKey Points For Quashing Fruitophobia 
by David Klein, Ph.D.
•  Sugar is our cells’ premium fuel. For driving our physiological functions in a state of 
wellness, the cells use the sugar molecule known as glucose. The body converts other forms of sugar (fructose, maltose, sucrose, etc.) to glucose. •  Fearing fruit is a tragic mistake. We should no more fear fruit than we should fear 
putting high-octane gasoline in our automobile’s gas tank! Our cells run on sugar, and sweet raw fruits are the premium source. •  Fruits average 90% water. That is 90% WATER, not 90% sugar! We cannot credibly say 
that such a diluted sugary food package gives us “too much sugar. ”  If we eat two to three fully satisfying fruit-based meals a day, we will generally be sustained with enough calo -
ries to perform all our daily tasks with vigorous energy. No, that is not “too much sugar. ”   And no, we do not ha v
e to eat sweet fruit all day to feel satisfied and get enough calo -
ries. On a fruit-based diet anchored with bananas, no one starves, and soon we feel sat -
isfied and more alive. •  Humans ar e frugivor es biolog
ically, as confirmed by our anatomy and physiology, and 
the high vitality and lack of pathology of modern fruit eaters. That means that humans 
are designed to thrive on a diet of mostly fruits. Our natural diet is a fruitarian diet com -
prised of primarily sweet fruits, plus vegetables and minimal-to-moderate amounts of raw seeds and nuts. •  Our olfac
tory senses lead us to fragrant ripe fruits above all other food aromas. •  Our visual sense of aesthetics is drawn to beautiful ripe fruits above all other foods.•  Our hands are designed to pluck ripe fruits.•  Our fingers are designed to peel ripe fruits.•  Our mouth’s tastebuds are most responsive and attracted to the sweet foods offered 
up by nature. •  Our teeth are designed to cleave and mash soft fruit pulp. We don’t have flesh-ripping 
canine teeth as do wild carnivores. Our two tiny “canine” teeth will not do the job—that 94
Fruiticultureterm is a misnomer! •  Our mouth is designed to handle water-rich whole foods. We are not designed to drink 
water, as meat and grain eaters need. •  Our stomach is designed to gently mix light loads of watery food and release meals un -
noticeably within an hour. •  Our stomach is not designed t o handle diets with hea 
vy meals of mostly fatty high-
protein foods, which necessitates hours of secretion of hydrochloric acid and acidic pep -
sin enzyme, and churning. Fatty and high-protein meals are retained in the stomach for 
hours, resulting in putrefaction, gas
, acidosis and, in some cases, hyper-acidity, acid re -
flux, inflammation and potentially, cancer. A constantly hyper-acidic stomach engenders coarse emotions, unhappiness and aberr an 
t behaviors,
•  Our digestive glands have limited ability to digest foods. Our mineral stores become depleted and we become fatigued if the digestive organs are forced to secrete alkaline and acid digestive enzymes all day long, as necessitated by starchy, fatty, high-protein diets. •  Our small intestine is very long, about 20 feet, and our large intestine (the colon) is 
about 5 feet long. They are both convoluted, which makes them suited to handle watery digesta and not dry and bulky food masses. Carnivores have straight and much shorter intestines, enabling the efficient elimination of tough, low water-content, bulky animal parts. Fatty and high-protein meals move through the small intestine of humans very slowly. This leads to fermentation, putrefaction, constipation, toxemia and a host of debilitating and potentially deadly diseases, such as intestinal prolapses, inflammatory bowel diseases, hemorrhoids, cancer, etc. •  Our excrement when eating a simple fruit-based diet is non-offensive and non-toxic, as 
it should be with the world’s most highly-developed, elegant beings. And we experience no body odors if we do not overeat or mix nuts and seeds with sweet fruits. Fruitarians who eat correctly have clean bodies. Starch, fat and protein food eaters have dirty bod -
ies with repulsively foul stools. Our pristine senses lead us to enjoy fresh-smelling, clean bodies . •  Ripe fruits off er simple car
bohydrates which require little or no digestion. They are 95
Fruiticultureeasily absorbed for delivery to our cells within an hour. Complex carbohydrate foods 
(e.g., grains and white potatoes) require cooking. They take several hours to digest and rarely digest completely, often fermenting and causing illness. They also typically raise blood sugar levels higher than do sweet juicy fruit meals, and they constipate the bow -
els. Because sweet, ripe, water-rich, organic, whole fruits require very little digestive ac -
tion and they are 100% toxin-free, the body does not have to expend much energy to metaboliz e their nutrients and elimina t
e their residues, and we gain energy from them 
most efficiently. •  The ideal diet consists of mostly ripe, sweet fruits, rounded out with vegetables and 
small amounts of avocado, seeds and nuts. The average caloronutrient ratio that has been demonstrated to be optimal for human health and longevity is 80% carbohydrates (minimum), 10% protein (maximum) and 10% fat (maximum), as revealed in studies by Dr. T. Colin Campbell (former nutrition professor at Cornell University and co-author of Diet, Nutrition and Cancer and The China Study), heart specialist Dean Ornish, M.D., and Dr. Douglas Graham, author of The 80/10/10 Diet. Yes, we need to “fuel up” on mostly simple carbs to have high vitality, and nothing provides this better than sweet fruit. •  The cells can derive fuel (calories) from three caloronutrient sources: carbohydrate, 
protein and fat. If the body is forced to get most or all of its calories from fatty and high-protein foods, it will have to convert fat and protein to glucose. That is a very slow, energy-consuming process that produces a high acid-waste load which tears down our health. Those who adopt and maintain a plant-based 80/10/10 diet generally reverse disease and enhance their longevity. Those who eat diets with greater percentages of protein and fat generally succumb to acidosis, accelerated aging, physical and mental degeneration and the killer diseases endemic to modern Western cultures. •  Babies have not been corrupted by modern heat-processed, cultural foods. They in -
stinctively go for sweet, watery mother’s milk, which is about 7% sugar, 4% fat, 1% pro -
tein and 88% water (weight-wise)—nearly the same composition as sweet juicy fruits. Infants’  pr
istine senses tell them which kind of food is best. Do young adults, teenagers 
and adults need more protein than a growing infant? Certainly not! Numerous infants have been observed to thrive beautifully when weaned on their preferred natural first whole food choice: sweet, raw fruit. And numerous children have been observed thriv -96
Fruiticultureing on fruit-based diets. •  Our sensorial acuity, emotional sensitivity and the ability to experience the sensations 
that make us feel truly alive are heightened on a fruitarian diet. A fruitarian diet is the key to a profound bio-spiritual knowing, peace, poise, contentment and even euphoric well-being. •  Fruits are brain foods. They energize and enhance our mental faculties because they 
supply abundant nutrients and do not require a huge energy-draining digestive process and waste clean-up effort. Their high electrolyte-rich water content promotes the fast -
est conductance of nerve impulses and neural function. Our mental powers operate at peak, vibran t lev
els of energy and performance when we eat water-rich, fruit-based 
diets. Our consciousness is most clear and expansive and we are most spiritually aware when we eat mostly fruit. The hormonal proteins (precursors to neural transmitters) in fruits (especially tropical varieties) trigger the release of feel-good hormones in the bloodstream which make us feel happy and well. We need less sleep and can be more productive on a fruit-based diet. •  The sugars in raw, ripe, non-GMO foods are in no way harmful. Fruit sugar is non-toxic 
and non-allergenic, and it does not cause cancer or candida. It is unnatural foods that cause illness. Yes, all sugars feed the bacteria and candida yeast in the gut, but they DO NOT CAUSE overgrowths of those microorganisms or trigger the growth of cancer cells. The cause of intestinal bacteria and candida overgrowths and cancer cells is constipat -
ing, mostly undigestible, acid-forming, toxic diets based in cooked starches and meat. Those foods clog up and acidify the bow els with digesta tha
t becomes food for bacteria, 
yeast and mold, generating virulent toxins that add to the body’s toxemic load and can cause cancer. In other words, starchy, fatty and high-protein foods hang around in the gut for days and rot (ferment and putrefy) by the action of microorganisms whose natu -
ral job is to feast on their nutrients, break them down and breed. STOP THE CAUSE of the bacteria y east and mold o
vergrowths while eating a vegan fruit-based diet, and health 
will be restored. In many cases, cancer cells can perish and be eliminated on an alkaliz -
ing fruit-and-vegetable diet. After cleaning out the bowels, sweet fruit eating will be -
come joyful. No one ever got candida from a raw, vegan diet of mostly sweet, water-rich fruits , exc ept those who ha 
ve taken antibiotics and/or consume great quantities of fat. 97
FruiticultureDried fruits can cause problems, as well as eating sweet fruits with fatty foods (e.g., nuts 
and seeds). Eliminate those foods to restore health, then eat them in moderation. •  Juicy fruits can trigger diarrhea. This is the body’s correct self-purification action. We 
want the body to get rid of the toxic rubbish it was harboring. After a few days of clean -
ing out on a fruit and vegetable diet, the bowels will be rid of the toxic stool matter, we’ll feel bett er and diar 
rhea will cease. Diarrhea will only continue under unhealth -
ful eating habits: eating highly undigestible foods and toxic items (such as meat, fried foods, refined flour pr oduc 
ts, candy, coffee, spices, etc. ), and eating incompatible food 
combinations (e.g., eating sweet fruits with starchy, fatty-high-protein foods, and eating fatty and/or high-protein foods with starchy foods). •  An excess of fatty foods slows down nerve impulses and neural activity, making dull 
thinkers and lethargic people with low mental and physical energy. Our brains and men -
tal powers operate at low, dulled levels when the bloodstream and other bodily fluids are thickened with fatty fluids and the b ypr
oducts of starch fermentation (alcohol and 
vinegar). Fat is an insulator which, in excessive amounts, slows down neural impulses and all physiological functions. This erodes our health and stifles our consciousness. •  Fatty foods and high-proteins foods are inherently acid-forming. That is, they acidify 
the blood, forcing the body to extract alkalizing minerals from the bones and other cells to maintain the alkaline pH required for life. This causes acidosis, osteoporosis, organ deterioration, accelerated aging and disease. •  A fat-based diet of mostly meats causes systemic toxicosis, which results in inner tur -
moil, destructive behaviors and physical and mental degeneration. •  People in meat-based cultur es ar
e generally unmindful and uncompassionate. Those 
who condone the killing of animals have lost touch with their humanity. This cultural 
lack of respect for life is largely responsible for all of the wars and other turmoil that most of the world is constantly embroiled in. •  Blood sugar levels rise higher after eating meals of complex carbohydrate foods 
(grains/bread/pasta/white potatoes/taro) than from eating meals of juicy fruits. •  Diets with meals combining complex carbohydrates and fatty foods set up diabetes. The fat impedes the cellular uptake of sugar in the bloodstream, causing the pancreas to 98
Fruiticultureoverwork, i.e, forcing it to secrete more insulin than it is capable of producing, thereby 
ruining its functionality. Fruit does not cause diabetes. In fact, the American Diabetes Association recommends eating fresh sweet fruits. •  Dr. Herbert M. Shelton, Dr. V. Virginia Vetrano, Dr. O.L.M. Abramowski, Dr. T. C. Fry, Dr. 
Laurence Galant, Dr. Douglas Graham, Dr. Timothy Trader, Dr. Robert Sniadach, and many others, including me, have all thrived on and derived superior results with patients and clients who ate whole-food diets of mostly raw fruit. Don Weaver has enjoyed great health for 41 years on the Fruitarian Diet of 100% raw foods. •  Ultra-marathoners Morris Krok and Michael Arnstein, tennis champion Martina 
Navratilova, and NBA basketball player Ronnie Grandison have all accomplished great athletic feats on raw, fruit-based diets. •  History’s most famous fruitarians:
 Leonardo da Vinci     
 Henry David Thoreau    
 Mahatma Gandhi  
 Dr. Herbert M. Shelton  
 Steve Jobs     
“Vitalit
y and beauty are gifts of Nature “Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature   
for those who live according to its laws. ”for those who live according to its laws. ”   
-Leonardo da Vinci-Leonardo da Vinci
A pineapple in full bloom, Maui, Hawaii99
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Above: Seventy-two year-young fruitarian Dr. Laurence Galant, Florida
Below: Morris Krok’s, Dr. Herbert M. Shelton’s and Essie Honiball’s classic books
“Man comes age when after eating an apple he believes“Man comes age when after eating an apple he believes   
he has had a complete meal. ” he has had a complete meal. ”   
-Morris Krok-Morris Krok
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FruiticultureHow to Eat Sweet Fruit Correctly 
by David Klein, Ph.D.
 
•  Eat mono fruit meals, or one-, two- or three-fruit meals with or without greens for 
breakfast and lunch, and more thereafter, as desired. •  Exercise vigorously one or more times per day. Eating fruit (or any food) when we have 
no cellular need for the sugar and other nutrients can lead to metabolic problems. We need to create the need for nutrients (true hunger) by exercising. •   Clean out with water 10 minutes or more before eating. A clean alimentary canal will 
promote optimal digestion; a soiled alimentary canal leads to fermentation of fruit sug -
ars, mucus production, indigestion and food drunkenness or fatigue. •  Sweet fruits are pre-digested; they need to transit the bowel quickly for quick sugar 
assimilation. Otherwise, the fruit sugar will hang around too long in the stomach and ferment, causing gastrointesinal problems, toxicosis and discomfort. Therefore, do not eat sweet fruit on a full stomach, or with starchy, fatty and high-protein meals which re -
quire hours of digestion in the stomach. Fruit is NOT for dessert! Eat sweet fruits alone or combine them only with greens, celery and/or cucumbers (except melons; eat them alone because they need to exit the stomach quickly). Those “neutral” green foods are low in protein and starch and, therefore, require little digestion time in the stomach. •  If you would like to have a meal with fatty foods, i.e., avocado, nuts and seeds, make 
that your dinner and blend the fatty foods as a dressing for a salad with cucumbers, to -
matoes and other vegetables. On average, do not get more than 10% of your daily calo -
ries from fat; otherwise, all sorts of health problems will ensue—verify at  
www.cronometer.com. After eating nuts, seeds or starchy vegetables or any cooked food, wait until the next morning to have your next fruit meal. •  Eat sweet fruits with greens, celery and/or cucumbers to mitigate overeating of sweet 
fruits (if you have such a problem). Rather than filling up on the sweet fruits, eat a small portion of them, then some of the green foods; alternate handfuls or eat together as desired. This will also help every body detoxify and flush out bacterial and yeast over -
growths which thrive only in acidic, constipated bowel environments. 101
FruiticultureWhere to Get a Thorough Education in Fruitarian Eating
by David Klein, Ph.D.
Because the subject of this ebook is Fruiticulture, we have not devoted the space for a 
thorough treatise on the “how-to’s” of the Fruitarian Diet. To give yourself a thorough education in fruitarian eating, these are three excellent books:
	 •
		The Vibrant Diet
 ebook by Dr. T. C. Fry & Dr. David Klein is available at:  
https://vibranthealthandwealth.com/product/
the-vibrant -
diet-study-guide-e-book-by-dr-t-c-fry-and-dr-david-klein/
	 •		The 80/10/10 Diet book by Dr
. Douglas Graham is available at: www.foodnsport.com
	 •		The Fruit Article
s ebook by Dr. David Klein et al is available at:  
https://vibranthealthandwealth.com/product/the-fruit-articles-e-book-by-dr-david-klein/
	 •		To	browse 	more	publications 	on	fruitarianism, 	click	here:  
https://vibranthealthandw
ealth.com
n 
“The joy of this fruit diet lies precisely in the“The joy of this fruit diet lies precisely in the   
unique flavor of every fresh fruit. ”unique flavor of every fresh fruit. ”   
-Essie Honiball-Essie Honiball
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Fruiticulture•  To become thoroughly knowledgeable about the Fruitarian/Vibrant Diet and certi -
fied as a Vibrant Health Teacher-Counselor, Dr. David Klein’s Vibrant Health & Wealth 
Academy offers an online Teacher-Counselor Training Program at:  
http://www.vibranthealthandwealthacademy.com. f
“When planning a meal, nothing compares to the satisfaction of going into your own gar -
den, picking and gathering the finest fresh vegetables and fruits which Almighty God creat -
ed for your own specific need and sustenance. When you have eaten a few meals composed 
of organically grown vegetables and fruits, and sprouted seeds in your salads, you quite nat -
urally wish to stay with such fare! There is no reason or justification why you should deprive 
yourself and your family of the most nutritious food on earth, grown in your own garden. ”  
-Dr. Norman Walker
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ECOLOGY 105
FruiticultureEcological Effects of Modern 
Agriculture & Diets
by David Klein, Ph.D. The effects of modern agriculture and eating have been nothing short of cataclysmic for 
the environment and all its biota. Statistics for some of these effects have been com-piled by EarthSave and Cowspiracy; they are presented in Appendix C.  We are running out of time to reverse the rising tide...but it can be done! Via proper education and the global adoption of Fruiticulture and Fruitarian eating, all of the deleterious effects can be totally reversed or, in the case of global climate change, at least stabilized, except, of course, for lost species. Impacts of Conventional Agriculture on Natural Resources•  Contamination of the atmosphere, land and water resources with pesticides, fungi-
cides, herbicides, fertilizers, crop tilling dust, crop waste-burning gases and particulates, and chemical and gas byproducts from food processing and food product manufacturing
•  Residues of farming chemicals and drugs on and in food crops and animal feed 
products
•  Reduction and die-offs of bee, butterfly, and other insect, earthworm, soil fungi, soil 
microbe populations (Read https://phys.org/news/2016-03-pesticides-poisoned-honey -
bees.html and https://gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/16825 and https://gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/16825)
•  Toxification, acidification, warming and oxygen reduction of oceans, seas, lakes and riv -
ers from agricultural chemical overland runoffs and toxic sewage dumping, in turn caus-
ing the toxification and destruction of aquatic life throughout the food chain
•  Overdraws of groundwater for irrigation, causing lower water tables and land sinkage•  Overdraws of rivers and lakes, causing eutrophication, deadly algae blooms, potable 
water decline, and indigenous animal population decline
•  Ocean dead zones, and waterway and lake eutrophication from toxic human sewage  106
Fruiticultureeffluents and dumping
•  Drastic fish depopulation of the world’s 17 major fishing areas by way of over-fishing•  Pollution of natural resources from animal feedlot and factory farming and slaughter -
house wastes•  Great suffering by farmed animals•  Pollution of lands and oceans with plastic packaging for food products, and deadly 
harm to those animals that ingest the detritus
•  Pollution of natural resources from medical waste products•  Loss of topsoil from over-farming, cropland stripping, tilling and livestock trampling, 
causing land erosion, flooding and atmospheric dust
•  Denudation of forests, prairies and fields, causing indigenous species habitat losses, 
biodiversity losses, food chain imbalances, atmospheric temperature increases by way of reflected sunlight, contributing to global climate change, glacier and polar icecap melt -
ing, rising sea levels, dust storms, droughts and increasing forest fires
•  Increased atmospheric greenhouse and noxious gasses by way of cooking•  Increased atmospheric warming by way of clearing fields for farming by burning, and 
post-harvest field and farm waste burning
•  Increased atmospheric greenhouse and noxious gasses by way of livestock flatulence, 
urine and feces
•  Atmospheric pollution from farm equipment and product distribution fuel combustion•  Fuel combustion emissions, fuel spills, and fuel tank leakage of farm equipment pro -
duce transportation vehicles•  Pollutant generation from the mining and production of fertilizers and the production 
of farming chemicals107
FruiticultureHere’s How America Uses Its Land by Dave Merrill and Lauren Leatherby, July 31, 2018  
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/
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Of the less than 1 percent of freshwater available for human use, a whopping 70 percent goes toward 
growing food and raising animals. Your diet is probably the biggest slice of your water footprint, especial -
ly if you eat meat from cows and other animals fed with water-intensive crops, such as corn. The average U.S. diet currently takes 1,320 gallons (4,997 liters) of water a day to produce. -NationalGeographic.com
3 PRIMARY GASES  ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE  n n n n n n n n n n n n    
Carbon Dioxide
n If one person exchanges a petro-fueled car for a hybrid, 
  carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by 1 ton per year. n If one person changes from a meat-based diet to a vegan diet, 
  carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by 1.5 tons per year. n If every American dropped one serving of chicken per week, this
  will be equivalent t o taking 500,000 petro-fueled cars off the road. Methane
n Chickens, turkeys, cows and pigs are collectively the largest producers of methane in the U.S.
n  Methane is a 20X more powerful heat trapper in the Earth’s atmosphere than is carbon dioxide. Nitrous Oxide
n The meat, egg and dairy industries produce 65% of worldwide nitrous oxide emissions. n  Nitrous oxide is a 300X more powerful heat trapper in the Earth’s atmosphere than is carbon dioxide. DIETARY IMPACTS  n n n n n  n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n  n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n  n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n   
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
n One calorie of animal protein requires 11X more fossil fuel than does one calorie of plant protein. n A meat-based diet creates 7X the greenhouse gases as does a conventional cooked vegan diet. n Fruiticulture removes excess greenhouse gases. Water Consumption
n It takes about 2,400 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of meat (1,000 calories). n It takes about 250 gallons of water to produce 2.5 pounds of bananas (1,000 calories).110
FruiticultureImpacts of Conventional Diets on Human Bodies
•  Endocrine disruption, neurological damage, infertility, mother’s milk contamination,  
degeneration of tissues and organs, and a host of diseases from A to Z, resulting in pain, great suffering, accelerated aging, and reduction of lifespan 
•  Acidification (acidosis) and weakening from eating an excessive percentage of acidify -
ing foods, such as meat, eggs, dairy products, wheat, rice and beans•  Pesticide, fungicide, herbicide and fertilizer residues in drinking water and on and in 
foods
•  Toxification from cooking-generated chemical byproducts•  Impairment of the respiratory system and heart from the inhalation of cooking fumes 
and particulates
•  Corruption/perversion of our taste buds•  Malnutrition/nutrient deficiencies by way of the destructive effects of cooking and 
other processing of foods
•  Reduction of mental capacity and cognitive ability, befogging and distortion of think -
ing, and impairment of mental health•  Dulling of the senses•  Reduction of energy, vitality and healing ability•  Decline of physical performance•  Stunted growth•  Generation of body odors•  Defilement of our natural beauty•  Hair loss•  Dental decay•  Sterility and infertility•  Degenerative gene mutations, heredity of defective genes, and birth defects111
FruiticultureImpacts of Conventional Diets on Human Behavior
•  Overstimulation of sex drive, begetting overpopulation•  Mindless exploitation and defilement of all natural resources•  Overeating•  Anorexia•  Addiction to excitotoxin foodstuffs•  Addiction to depressant foodstuffs•  Addiction to junk foods•  Dependency on and abuse of drugs•  Dulling of vital expressions•  Self-loathing•  Shame•  Depression•  Frustration•  Anxiety•  Loss of empathy•  Anger/hostility•  Crime•  Hunting, abuse and slaughter of animals•  Murder•  Acceptance of / condoning the killing of animals and humans•  Acculturation to wars•  Great suffering•  Suicide112
FruiticultureRachel Carson, M.S. and her landmark book (1962)Alarm Bells Are Ringing — Right Action Is Needed Now! Is all that not shocking and cause for massive eco-positive action? Isn’t it time to finally 
heed Rachel Carson’s year 1962 warnings? Please read on...
n
“We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost’s familiar 
poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, 
a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road—the one less traveled—offers our last, our only chance to reach a 
destination that assures the preservation of the earth. ”  
-Rachel Carson, M.S., Silent Spring, 1962
“There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt  
knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet. ”  
-Brooke Medicine Eagle
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FruiticultureRebalancing the Atmosphere by 
Rebuilding Soil Carbon
by Center for Food Safety
www.centerforfoodsafety.org
Extracted from “REGENERATING PARADISE – Rebuilding Soil Carbon in Hawai‘i”  
Center for Food Safety, 2018  
https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/regeneratingparadise_25317.pdf
The Challenge
Currently, an excess of carbon dioxide (CO2) currently exists in the Earth’s atmosphere, 
which is warming the planet, acidifying our oceans, and increasing the frequency and 
severity of extreme weather events. These changes to our climate, resulting from high concentrations of atmospheric CO
2, are harming ecosystems and threatening our means 
of food production. The OpportunityThankfully, the resources necessary to address this challenge are within reach. Healthy 
soil captures and stores vast amounts of carbon. When managed with sustainable farm -
ing practices, soil can serve as a valuable tool in combatting climate change, by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and storing it in the ground beneath our feet—a process called carbon  sequestration. Soil carbon sequestration reduces the atmospheric con -
centration of CO
2, while supporting a more sustainable food production system and of-
fers a risk-free, systemic solution. The Carbon CycleCarbon is the building block of life and it’s constantly cycling in between the land, ocean 
and atmosphere in various states—liquid, solid, and gas. Human activities have radically altered the natural cycling of carbon, creating an imbalance in the system. Centuries of land use changes, extractive farming practices, and, the burning of fossil fuels for en -114
Fruiticultureergy, have removed solid carbon from the earth and released it as CO2, a gas, into the 
atmosphere. While it is difficult to measure exactly how much carbon has been lost from our soils 
globally, an additional 292 billion tons have been added to the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels. Once in the atmosphere, CO
2 acts as a greenhouse gas, allowing sun to pass through 
on its way to the Earth’s surface, but trapping the heat that bounces back. An increase 
in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere means that more heat is being trapped, 
leading to a rise in the Earth’s average temperature and an imbalance in the global cli -
mate system. Project Drawdown estimates that by 2050, regenerative agriculture will increase from 
the current 108 million acres to 1 billion, resulting in a total reduction of 23.2 gigatons of carbon dioxide from both sequestration and reduced emissions. The Basics of Carbon SequestrationCarbon sequestration involves removing CO
2 from the atmosphere naturally and storing 
it instead in soil and plants. This transformation requires photosynthesis, a process in 
which plants convert sunlight, water, and CO2 into carbohydrates. Some of these ener -
gy-rich molecules are then used by the plants to fuel growth, but as much as 40% of the CO
2 captured is released through the plants’ roots to feed the soil microbes below. Soil microorganisms transform these carbon resources, resulting in a complex mixture of plant and microbial biochemical compounds in various stages of decomposition. Soil or -
ganic carbon can persist in the soil for decades or millennia when physically protected in soil aggregates and chemically protected by soil minerals. Carbon sequestration serves multiple purposes, including mitigating climate change and 
improving the health and biodiversity of our global soils, which allows for higher agricul -
tural yields. Healthy, carbon-rich soils are also directly tied to fresh water availability and create greater resilience in the face of droughts and floods. By implementing agricultural practices that actively encourage carbon sequestration, 
we can begin to transform our soils and put carbon back into the land where it is needed most. 115
FruiticultureRegenerative Agricultural Practices
Soils are dynamic. They can act as a source or sink of carbon, depending on how they 
are managed. The conversion of native grasslands to cropland, wide-scale deforestation, and practices that leave soil uncovered and exposed to the elements, encourage soil to act as a source of carbon, releasing it as CO
2 into the atmosphere. Regenerative agri-
cultural practices do just the opposite, fostering soil’s natural role as a carbon sink and enabling it to store carbon in a stable, solid form. Here are some common regenerative practices. Cover Crops - The practice of planting and maintaining crops that return nutrients to 
the soil and are typically not harvested, in order to avoid bare soil
•  Suppresses weed growth and common crop diseases•  Lowers soil temperatures during hot weather•  Improves soil fertility•  Reduces soil erosion•  Provides habitat for beneficial organisms
Perennial Plants - The practice of selecting and planting perennial crop varietals, which 
are better able to capture and store carbon than their annual counterparts
•  Increases soil’s ability to capture and store carbon•  Extensive root networks protect against soil erosion and runoff•  Lowers annual labor and input costs•  Improves soil structure and nutrient content•  Increases soil’s water storage capacity116
FruiticultureMulching - The practice of leaving crop remains after harvest in food forests and or -
chards to decompose, rather than clearing them from the land
•  Improves soil fertility•  Increases nutrient availability•  Increases soil biological activity and fertility•  Reduces soil erosion•  Moderates soil temperature•  Suppresses weed growth •  Feeds beneficial bacteria and fungi that facilitate soil carbon sequestration
Composting - The practice of collecting organic waste, such as food scraps, yard and 
farm trimmings and other plant waste materials, and allowing them to decompose and transform into a nutrient-rich agricultural input 
•  Reduces greenhouse gas emissions from landfills•  Increases nutrient content of soil•  Improves soil’s ability to retain water •  Increases agricultural yields •  Feeds beneficial bacteria and fungi that facilitate soil carbon sequestration
Crop Rotation - The practice of growing different crops on the same land in succession, 
in order to preserve a balance of nutrients in the soil and enhance ecosystem processes. •  Reduces the prevalence of early-season pests and damage from these insects •  Improves productivity of rotation crops •  Reduces the need for synthetic inputs and chemicals•  Improves water quality •  May increase farmers’ profits, due to lower input costs and higher yields117
FruiticultureDr. David Klein’s editorial addition:
Fruitcentric Agroforestry - The practice of integrating fruit trees, fruiting vines and 
bushes, vegetables, herbs, shrubs, ornamentals and flowers in crop production
•  Provides additional habitat for beneficial organisms•  Decreases atmospheric CO
2 concentration and increases oxygen content 
•  Reduces soil erosion•  Improves health and stability of soil•  Improves soil’s ability to retain water•  Increases crop yields 
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FruiticultureRegenerative-Biological Agriculture 
by Gerry Ross, Ph.D.
www.kupaafarms.org
“Organic farmers and organic farming  
are the answer to climate change. ”  
-Dr. Gerry Ross
Currently, modern conventional agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gases. It 
has caused dramatic losses of topsoil and contamination of freshwater and marine water bodies through unmitigated agricultural runoff. Additionally, agriculture faces a daunt -
ing task of feeding a growing population on a static or shrinking base of arable land. The philosophy of Earth system science examines cross-dis-ciplinary interconnections of our planet from a holistic per -
spective in much the same way that permaculture approaches agriculture. Applying these holistic concepts to agriculture re -
veals important lessons that can help address key elements of human survival by utilizing and building on the strength of the soil ecosystem, i.e., Regenerative-Biological Agriculture. The soil ecosystem is an under-explored aspect of modern ag-
riculture but has evolved with plants since their emergence from the oceanic realm more than 400 million years ago. Regenerative-Biological Agriculture can be a powerful ally in the “more with less” challenge. Examples include drought 
resistance and enhanced mineral availability by culturing symbiotic soil fungus, us -
ing nitrogen fixing microbes to decrease our reliance on chemical fertilizers, and en -
hanced resistance to soil erosion through soil particle aggregation, a byproduct of a healthy soil ecosystem. Perhaps the greatest opportunity of widespread application of Regenerative-Biological Agriculture will be sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide in the form of organic matter (humus) such that properly stewarded agricultural lands 
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Fruiticulturerepresent our best bet to rescue our planet from the brink of climate damage. A most optimistic perspective on the role of Regenerative-Biological Agriculture is of -
fered by the Rodale Institute:  “ ... climate change has provided an unparalleled opportu -
nity to harness cutting-edge technologic understanding, human ingenuity and the rich 
history of farmers working in tandem with the wisdom of natural systems to arrive at a stable climate by way of healing our land and ourselves. Let’s get going. ”  For more infor -
mation, please visit:  
http://rodaleinstitute.org/regenerative-organic-agriculture-and-climate-change/. n
Watch Dr. Ross’s presentation on Regenerative-Biological Agriculture given at a Hawaii 
Farmers Union United meeting on Maui (2015):  
https://youtu.be/wUvqJ-wrQSo
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FruiticultureWhole Life Systems Depend on  
Healthy Soil
by Don Weaver
It was during 1977, while spending a year study -
ing Ecology and Natural Agriculture and Whole 
Life Systems at Farallones Institute in Northern California, that I first discovered the think -
ing and writings of engineer-farmer-ecologist John D. Hamaker, while reading through the back issues of Acres, U. S. A. (“A Voice for Eco-Agriculture”). My initial impression was “here is a remarkably brilliant, unique and fascinating human being with some very important things to say!”  All these years later I think there was no one more intelligent as an “ecological thinker”  on this planet, nor one with more to contribute to human and biospheric health and survival. (Taking nothing away from the huge contributions of Bill Mollison, Richard St. Barbe-Baker and others, of course). One of the first John Hamaker articles I read began as follows:“This study is about some of the basic laws of nature to which we must conform. Those who 
see the human race as masters of nature invite death on a massive scale. Those who see nature as a code of laws superior to any man-made law can look forward to a quality of life which is almost unbelievable from the perspective of an economy of scarcity subsisting in a wasted land. The land is wasted because it has lost its fertility. Organic matter is not fertility in itself but 
is only a rough measure of fertility. Organic matter is made up of the residues of dead plants and microorganisms. Dead plants, as such, provide no fertility. Soil fertility is protoplasm—
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Fruiticulturethe substance inside the cellular walls of microorganisms. The microorganisms can be fresh, 
in which case the protoplasm is available fertility. Or the microorganisms can be dehydrat -
ed, in which case the protoplasm is not available but constitutes the bank of fertility. The cycle of life is really the story of the travels of the protoplasm as it goes from microorganisms to the life above the soil and back into the soil again. Microorganisms produce the protoplasm of all living things. Microorganisms themselves 
feed on the total mixture of minerals and gases in the biosphere and are energized by car -
bon. We can build enormous per acre tonnages of protoplasm into the soil in a very short time—enough so that sun energy reaching the plant becomes the limit of growth. The foods of microorganisms are the cheapest raw materials on earth. ”  (“The Second American Revolution, ” Part I, Acres U. S. A., April 1974)
As one already very excited about optimum nutrition and health for all living things, 
hopeful that humanity could still find and implement the ways of living which would make possible the regeneration of itself and the Earth, and committed to helping how -
ever I could, this fellow Hamaker was striking some deep chords in me. The more I read, the more I realized that his messages were designed to strongly influence not only my own life, but probably everyone else’s. Soon I read his four-part series in Acres, U. S. A. entitled, “Life or Death—Yours” , which had this conclusion:
“Everything in this world is connected to everything else. Nothing is more connected 
than the earth’s tectonic system and the life on the surface of the earth. The tectonic system, by gravitational separation in the heaters, brings up to the top the lighter weight elements, both solid and gaseous, which are useful to life as catalysts and components of the living protoplasm. In turn, the microorganisms have functions to perform in es -
tablishing and maintaining the correct balance of elements so they can survive. And finally, man is given the same option of performing a function in the life support system or die. Right now the change in the weather is carrying the message of death. Unless the human race wants to be reduced to the few primitive survivors who came out of the equatorial region after the last glacial period, it had better get to work. ”  ( Acres, U. S. A., 
October 1976)
Then and now I put great value on both an open mind concerned with discovery of 
truth, and on having a “healthy skepticism. ”  Thus, personally, as Hamaker’s ideas and 122
Fruiticultureinquiries and insights on ecological and climatic changes expanded and evolved, I had 
no choice but to “read on”—as well as initiate a correspondence which has led to the exchange of hundreds of letters and telephone calls, and three visits to the Hamaker farm and (former) residence in Potterville, Michigan. It was on my third visit, after hav -
ing given a presentation at the First Global Conference on the Future in Toronto, entitled “Worldwide Starvation by 1990” (after a Hamaker paper), and being convinced by that time that Hamaker’s fundamental insights were correct, that I agreed to help write and publish The Survival of Civilization. It was finally published in April 1982. We sold and 
gave away 14,000 copies of the print editions, and thousands of Solar or Ice Age? Bulletins  
have gone out to people worldwide. John Hamaker passed away in 1994. For those concerned with total planetary health, and who’ve not read The Survival of 
Civilization by John Hamaker and myself, here is a concise summary listing TSOC’s pri-mary messages; all of which are supported by strong evidence from studies in many disciplines, from soil science to climatology through the whole study of ecology of the last three million years known as Quaternary research. The remarkable ability of John Hamaker’s mind to produce a synthesis of many diverse facts and principles has pro -
duced major breakthroughs in understanding. 1. The fertility of the Earth’s soils can be restored to high levels by remineralizing them, 
which means feeding the soil organisms the complete spectrum of mineral elements found in natural gravels and other rock mixtures found all over the world. The finer this material the better for rapid proliferation of all soil organisms and plant life nourished by them. Fine dusts containing all the biologically essential minerals produce bountiful crops and macroorganisms full of health and vitality. 2. Human health on all levels is greatly dependent on the quantity and balance of avail -
able soil minerals and resultant food quality.3. Planet Earth is a living planet characterized by the procession of cycles within cycles...
within cycles. Think of the cycles of the leaf and the elements composing it, as the cycles of days and seasons forms, transforms, and re-forms them in the annual/peren-nial work of re-creating a green biosphere. For at least the prior 2.5 million years of this Quaternary Period, the major climatic biosphere-controlling (and biosphere-controlled!) cycle has been the approximately 100,000-year cycle of alternating glacial and inter -123
Fruiticultureglacial periods. Twenty-five of these cycles have passed over the last 2.5 million years, 
each one about 90,000 years of glaciation followed by about 10,000 years of interglacial conditions. 4. Glaciation functions to mix and grind up and spread out over the Earth many trillions 
of tons of mixed rocks or glacial till—from boulders to fine dust which powerful glacial meltwater and wind systems carry up to thousands of miles, remineralizing the soil-life systems which became demineralized through the course of the 10,000 year intergla-cial. Intensified volcanism during glaciation, associated with the transfer of tremendous weight from oceans to glaciers, assists the remineralization job. Broadly speaking, the first 5,000 years of the interglacials are the times of vast recolonization and flourishment under renewed soil and climatic conditions—a time of practically universal fertility and health and abundance—and the last 5000 years are times of increasing soil demineral -
ization/acidification. This results in progressive decline of fertility and health, naturally accompanied by the spread of deserts; the die-out of forest due to soil impoverishment, insect/disease predation, burning, increasing climatic stresses; and thus the collapse of the carbon cycle, allowing the carbon dioxide (CO
2) content of the atmosphere to build 
higher and higher. Glaciation always follows this planetary imbalancing process. What does this tell us about the true “greenhouse effect” of CO
2 (and related gases) build-up at 
the end of an interglacial period—as is occurring now? 5. Our present world is about 10,800 years into the current interglacial period. We are 
due for glaciation, and our biosphere-destroying and CO2-releasing “ways of life” are rap -
idly intensifying the process by which ecological systems break down and the climatic system gears up for 90,000 years of glaciation: mineral-and-carbon cycle collapse caus -
ing CO
2 build-up, hence an accentuated heat-trapping system (“greenhouse effect”) re -
quired to begin producing the vast quantities of evaporated water needed to increase cloud coverage/albedo/snow-and-ice build-up of the upper latitudes. Increasing tem -
perature and pressure differentials between overheating lower latitudes and cooler high -
er latitudes steps up overall atmospheric circulation and carries more of the evaporated water to the regions of glaciation, bringing drought to lower latitudes, and worsening all climatic extremes in between. Eventually the glacial process creates ice sheets over vast areas—up to one mile thick and more—and drops sea level about 400 feet! 6. In 1979, Belgian palynologist (palynology is pollen study) Genevieve Woillard gave a 124
Fruiticulturepriceless gift to the world —or at least to the “scientific community” as it is called—by 
publishing in Nature (October 18, 1979) the results of her years of work studying lake deposits in France. The work showed that the vegetation and climate changes at the termination of the last interglacial period were very rapid: trees requiring good soil and temperate conditions steadily died out over the last 150 years, with a complete, dramatic change to sub-arctic type vegetation adapted to poorer acidified soils com-ing on in a final 20-year period. The interglacial period of about 10,000 years was over. Unfortunately, “the scientific community” has done little since then to make public Woillard’s crucial findings; instead, it has focused on limited mathematical computer modeling. 7. Human exploitation and lack of generosity toward the soil-life system and whole bio -
sphere has accelerated the natural reglaciation timetable by probably about 500 years. Based on increasing acidity of precipitation caused by increasing volcanism and burn -
ing of vegetation as well as industrial pollution, on accelerating demineralization of soils and the rise of the CO
2 curve, and on the rate of climatic deterioration worldwide, John 
Hamaker estimated that we were deep into another interglacial transition period. 8. Glaciation is—or, at least, has been up to now during this Quaternary Period—
Nature’s way of regenerating the health and fertility of the biosphere. In other words, the grinding and spreading of vast quantities of the mixed mineral-bearing rocks of the Earth’s crust is Nature’s way of regenerating the health and fertility of the biosphere. Now Nature-on-Earth, or “Gaia, ” has a nervous system/brain of great potential intelli-gence composed of about seven billion cells, collectively known as “wise man” (female or male) or Homo sapiens. You are one of those cells! Do you see-hear-feel-sense-un-derstand-know a need for Earth regeneration? If so, how will you, with your more or less intimate connections with all seven billion fellow wisdom-harboring cells, respond? 9. We can remineralize and reforest and re-green and regenerate the soils and biosphere 
to the extent where health and abundance become the norm and the people-inclusive “Gaiasphere” is enabled to bring the CO
2 level back down to normal interglacial levels of 
around 270 ppm (from about 407 ppm in 2018), a most critical part of an overall restora -
tion of “the Balance of Nature. ”  We can if we can recognize and accept the responsibility to do so, and if we still have time before the glacial process proceeds beyond a point of 125
Fruiticultureno return and our last opportunity to re-create an ecologically and socially harmonious 
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FruiticultureSoil Remineralization
by Don Weaver
Our planetary soils have become severely eroded and thus demineralized over thou-
sands of years. Plants require a continuous intake of minerals, just as we do; they need calcium to build structural support, iron to carry oxygen, zinc for reproductive health etc. Plants growing on mineral-depleted soil do not get enough nourishment and, thus, are to some degree devitalized and more vulnerable to their insect, worm and fungi predators. Remineralization encourages greatly increased growth of soil microorganisms and the 
assimilation of nutrients, leading to high quality, flavorful crops. It also counteracts acidity and erosion, increasing the storage capacity of the soil, contributing to the build -
ing of humus complexes and, when sprayed on plants, repels both fungi and insects. As well, plants and trees become highly resistant to frost, drought and all devitalizing influences. Adding rock dust to your compost pile also enhances composting benefits and is anoth -
er excellent way to remineralize soils. Rock dust is finely ground rock, 
often as fine as talcum pow -
der, typically passing a 200 mesh screen. A broad variety of rocks, as found in most river and glacial gravels, generally ensures that a natural balance of all the 30+ biologically-essential mineral elements are provided for health. These naturally mixed gravels can provide all 92 elements of the Earth’s crust. Summa Minerals rock powder/dust127
FruiticultureTo purchase rock dust, try your local nursery or garden supply store, requesting they 
carry it if it is not in stock. You can help them find the most practical suppliers for your region by using the worldwide Resources listing at http://www.remineralize.org. A 50-pound bag of rock dust typically costs about $25, with quantity discounts available. Bulk purchases with fellow growers may be wise. Rock powder should be as finely ground as possible to encourage the growth of tiny soil 
microorganisms and earthworms and, thus, soil fertility. Microorganisms secrete acids and enzymes to digest the inorganic rock minerals and build their organic protoplasm, in turn creating organic soil matter. They “feed at the first table” (as stated by Professor William Albrecht), transforming the soil components into readily assimilatable “plant food. ”  As such, they are the first link in the food chain for all planetary life. They also need organic matter, such as your homemade compost, water and the atmospheric gas-es of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, etc. For better plant health at home, add a couple of tablespoons of rock dust to houseplants 
or other potted plants. To grow mineralized, organic produce in your garden, apply 1/4 pound to 1 pound per square foot of planting area. This is a generous rate of about 5 tons to 20 tons per acre. Also, incorporate rock dust throughout your compost heap for a superior finished product. When planting fruit and nut tree orchards, add 10 to 20 pounds of rock dust to the soil 
surrounding new tree root zones (including throughout the planting hole), spreading the dust out to the drip line and beyond. Mature trees and sick trees will especially ap -
preciate 50 pounds or more. While rock dust is great for the soil and plants, you should, 
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Fruiticultureof course, avoid breathing it and use a protective mask. The Link to Climate Records show that there have been 25 or more Ice Age cycles, each lasting approximate -
ly 90,000 years, followed by a temperate period, such as ours, of approximately 10,000 
years. Glaciers advance and recede in many cycles during each recurrent Ice Age. This action grinds down the rocks in the glaciers’ paths, yielding mineral-rich dust which, along with mineral-rich volcanic rock dust, is distributed by glaciers, water, and wind far over the surface of the Earth, remineralizing soils and enhancing plant life. It has been established that the Earth’s soil becomes progressively demineralized dur -
ing each lush, warm interglacial period. This has major global consequences—primar -
ily, a decline of the world’s forests and other vegetation. This in turn causes a release of 
carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, exceeding the available sinks for the collection of greenhouse gases, thus trapping excess heat from the sun and dramatically altering the world’s climate. We have seen the level of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere rise exponentially over the past century, while global weather patterns have become more and more extreme. Hamaker’s research on soil demineralization and CO
2 at last explains the reasons for the 
recurring 90,000-year glacial periods following each 10,000-year warm period. His re -
search indicated that CO2 released from soil demineralization and consequent forest die-
back and burning intensifies the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect occurs primarily in the tropics, which get the most sunshine, rath-
er than in the polar regions, which get very little sunshine. When the temperature dif-ferential between the tropics and the poles increases, there is a resultant cycle of fierce wind systems, hurricanes, tornadoes and other violent storms. (Sound familiar?) More of the moisture gathered by these increasing storm systems is transported to the higher latitudes where it is deposited as snow and ice, eventually inducing a new glacial cycle. Thus, we can understand the paradox in Hamaker’s theory of how global warming can 
trigger the next Ice Age. Our agricultural and deforestation practices, fossil fuel burning and overpopulation all contribute to and accelerate the climatic shift process. In light of this and the historical evidence that we are at the end of a 10,000-year inter -129
Fruiticultureglacial period, it would be prudent to wake up to the far-reaching and potentially tragic 
implications of this. The current man-made “climate chaos” which is costing upwards of $100 billion each year in economic damages alone will most likely steadily worsen. The global toll of devastation should inspire us—or could force us—to wake up to our plan-etary responsibilities of remineralizing and regenerating the Earth today. Evidence supporting most of Hamaker’s thesis has mounted in recent years, as shown by 
record snow cover in parts of the northern hemisphere and a shortening of the growing season by weeks in some locations. Insects, disease and fire are devastating forests at record levels worldwide. Hamaker first estimated in 1976 that within a few decades the growing season could decrease to the point that millions of people will starve, and this applies to the currently affluent countries as well. Unfortunately, there is now much evi -
dence for the truth of his predictions. Clearly, no nation or world can be truly rich with -
out rich, productive soil and healthful foods as its foundation. Reviving Dying Forests There have been stunning results from the remineralization of forests suffering from acid 
rain, soil erosion and general disease. Here are some examples from the Research sec -
tion at http://remineralize.org: 
•  “A 1986 report on long-term experiments in central Europe by the Bavarian Research 
and Experimental Institute of Forestry in Munich, Germany showed that in one forest, 24 years after pine seedlings were remineralized, the wood volume was four times higher than in the untreated area. ”   
•  “The results of Dr. Robert Bruck’s experimental remineralization trials of a dying forest 
on Mt. Mitchell near Asheville, North Carolina showed that 12 weeks after the applica-tion of rock dust, the height of red spruce was increased by 27% over non-treated con-trols, and the height of Fraser fir was 19% greater than the untreated controls. ”  
•  “The Men of Trees organization in Australia (www.trilliontrees.org.au) performed rem-
ineralization trials on many species of trees in Australia with phenomenal results. For ex -
ample, compared to untreated controls, trees grown from eucalyptus seedlings in remin-eralized soil grew five times faster. ”  
•  “The Sudden Oak Life organization website (www.suddenoaklife.org) displays photos 130
Fruiticultureof some of the thousands of ‘fatally sick’ trees that have recovered through remineraliza-
tion. Orthodox forestry still appears to be stuck on the ‘no cure—use chemicals’ mental-ity in treating such disease. ”    
Remineralization of the world’s soils and forests will propagate carbon sinks which ab -
sorb CO
2 from the atmosphere and contribute to climatic stability. A return to normal 
interglacial CO2 levels of about 280 ppm, rather than the current 408+ ppm, is quite pos -
sible and probably essential to our survival. By accepting the great task of remineral-
izing the Earth’s soils (much as the glaciers do during an Ice Age), we can create fertile soil and sustainable abundance for all to share. We must also plant many billions of new trees, including fruit and nut varieties, and convert farms and gardens to the organic, mineralized approach. Using our great intelligence and compassion in giving back to the Earth, we can restore human health and sanity and create a new Eden. The Nutritional Aspect When we eat food grown on depleted soil we, like the plants, become more susceptible 
to disease. All degenerative diseases have been on the rise in America in recent decades. Dietary fat, cholesterol, salt, overly-refined and pesticide-contaminated foods are obvi-ous culprits, but a serious deficiency of minerals in our food is a frequent contributing factor. Mineral-depleted soil has been directly correlated with increased death rates. Laboratory studies have shown that trace mineral deficiencies are associated with an in-creased risk of cancer. Even one trace mineral deficiency carries this risk. Vibrant health depends upon a broad spectrum of all the minerals essential to human health. “The rock is the mother of the soil, ” is how one geologist in the 1800s put it. Since the 
most fertile soils usually have a variety of types of “parent rocks” , it seems wise to try to duplicate the natural processes when we remineralize. The Hunza Valley soils have grown some of the best crops of fruits, vegetables and peo -
ple for centuries. The Hunzas irrigate their crops two or more times a year with the Ultar 
Glacier meltwater which contains glacial gravel dust, treasured as “glacial milk. ”  Glacial action has produced much of the Earth’s fertility, as glacier’s crushing mass grinds and mixes together rocks of broad variety and element content. Some volcanically-derived soils, such as those in Java, can also be very fertile, although it is areas like Hunza and also Vilcabamba where glacial and alluvial (river-carried) soils have nourished the leg-131
Fruiticultureendary longevity of the people there. According to E. B. Szekely in The Ecological Health Garden, the Essenes may have been the 
first health-conscious people to pulverize rocks to add to their composts, gardens and 
orchards around 2000 years ago. Having little in the way of volcanic and glacial deposits or perhaps even silt-rich rivers in the Dead Sea region, they apparently found a way to create rock dust without the kind of machinery we now have. After J. I. Rodale, founder of Organic Gardening magazine, visited Hunza in the 1940s, he 
wrote The Healthy Hunzas, which included a chapter on rock powder. He urged that we 
learn from the Hunza’s great example and grind up the billions of tons of rock needed to remineralize the soils in our country. Today, there is an abundance of rock powder which is available as a byproduct of the aggregate and stone industries. For those of us who are backyard organic gardeners, it is most fortunate that more and more gardening out -
lets are carrying bagged rock powder for us to take home and add to our compost and orchards and gardens. Here is how soil remineralization works. Rock dust feeds the soil workers, i.e., the worms 
and soil microbes, the essential minerals they require to build their protoplasm and enzymes, and the mineralized microbes are digested by the plant roots to nourish the plants. If we desire mineral-rich living foods, then we need to ensure that we or those who grow our food have provided these soil workers their complete natural diet of or -
ganic compost or mulch and rock minerals. If you can do this in your own garden and orchard and eat fresh, living, mineralized foods, you can give thanks because you are liv -
ing in Paradise! Not quite? The air is sick, the water is in trouble, the forests are on the way out, and 
weather and climate are changing, you say? Perhaps you are right and our little island of Paradise isn’t the Paradise we know the Earth is meant to be. However, garden and or -
chard remineralization is something most of us can do, and this is a great way to reverse the degenerative spiral toward Paradise Lost and show our fellows a glimpse of how near Paradise Restored can really be. Never underestimate the power of an enzyme! Or the spirit of love when given to 
Mother Nature and her human children. A taste of real super-delicious living food from rich mineralized soil is one way to offer that Paradise glimpse, and there are few things 132
Fruiticulturemore inspiring and soul-nourishing than a garden and orchard in bloom and fruition. Enhancing Agriculture The best source of soil minerals is the fine powder of common crushed gravel (mixed 
rock). In 1976 John Hamaker (1914-1994) spread gravel crusher screenings on part of his ten-acre farm in Michigan in an area of sparse rainfalls and dry summers, with no irriga -
tion. The following year, his corn produced 65 bushels per acre. In comparison, neigh-boring farms yielded less than 25 bushes of corn per acre. Don Weaver adding rock powder  
to a new tree wellMoreover, independent analyses showed that Hamaker’s corn contained 28% more protein, 47% more calcium, 57% more phosphorus, 60% more magnesium and 90% more potassium than the same type of corn grown with chemical fertilizers nearby. Over forty years ago, published studies 
by the USDA showed that the applica-tion of cement kiln dust (a less satisfac -
tory source of minerals) also produced better crops, but the researchers did not follow up on this as they could not ascertain what it was in the dust that ef-fected such results. Hamaker estimated that on fully remin-
eralized soil, American agriculture could grow four times as much food as is pos-sible now, or the same amount of food at about one-fourth the cost, sans pesti-cides or chemical fertilizers. f133
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FruiticultureThe Most Ecologically Positive Diet: 
How the Raw-Fruitarian Diet Can Regenerate the Earth 
by Don Weaver
A serious condition of human-environment imbalance existed when Earth Day began in 
1970, because most of the world’s four billion inhabitants lacked understanding of our interconnected planetary life-support systems.
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        Fear of sweet plant foods is running rampant in most nutrition circles these days. Let’s 
examine the facts concerning our natural biological disposition, so that you may teach the truth about how we are meant to eat and thrive. The Creator gave us a “sweet tooth” for good reasons:
 •  Sugar is the preferred and pr
emium fuel used by every cell in our bodies. Our cells 
run best on glucose. Not fat, protein or ketones—a ketogenic condition is an unsustain -
able emergency condition that acidifies the body. Our muscles function best when their 
cells are stoked with glucose. Sugar “burns” cleanly without toxic waste byproducts. In 
order to be healthy, we need sugar—not refined white sugar, but sugar from whole fruits and vegetables. Fuel up on fruit sugar. •  When we eat sw
eet whole foods, we are rewarded for obeying our sense of taste. We 
feel good, nourish and fuel up our bodies, support the maintenance of alkaline balance, and help the planet. The natural order of life calls for humans to eat diets consisting mostly of sweet raw fruits. •  Humans have a symbiotic relationship with fruits. That is, we are natural partners in 
the web of life with delectable fruits. We enjoy the deliciousness of fruits, receive supe -
rior nutrition, disperse the seeds and perpetuate life on our planet. •  Biologically, humans are frugiv
ores. We do best on a fruit-based (fruitarian) diet, 
which includes vegetables and minimal-to-moderate amounts of raw seeds and nuts. Whole fruits, vegetables, squashes and tubers have good sugar, packaged with a pletho -
ra of life-sustaining nutrients. Commercial int er
ests gave us refined white sugar for bad reasons:
 •  To perver
t our senses and destroy our health with seductively sweet, nutrient-bereft 
junk, and to ruin the ecology of our planet. Yes, we should shun refined sugar, but we should NOT fear sugars naturally occurring in 
fruit. 93
FruiticultureKey Points For Quashing Fruitophobia 
by David Klein, Ph. D. •  Sugar is our cells’ premium fuel. For driving our physiological functions in a state of 
wellness, the cells use the sugar molecule known as glucose. The body converts other forms of sugar (fructose, maltose, sucrose, etc. ) to glucose. •  Fearing fruit is a tragic mistake. We should no more fear fruit than we should fear 
putting high-octane gasoline in our automobile’s gas tank. Our cells run on sugar, and sweet raw fruits are the premium source. •  Fruits average 90% water. That is 90% WATER, not 90% sugar. We cannot credibly say 
that such a diluted sugary food package gives us “too much sugar. ”  If we eat two to three fully satisfying fruit-based meals a day, we will generally be sustained with enough calo -
ries to perform all our daily tasks with vigorous energy. No, that is not “too much sugar. ”   And no, we do not ha v
e to eat sweet fruit all day to feel satisfied and get enough calo -
ries. On a fruit-based diet anchored with bananas, no one starves, and soon we feel sat -
isfied and more alive. •  Humans ar e frugivor es biolog
ically, as confirmed by our anatomy and physiology, and 
the high vitality and lack of pathology of modern fruit eaters. That means that humans 
are designed to thrive on a diet of mostly fruits. Our natural diet is a fruitarian diet com -
prised of primarily sweet fruits, plus vegetables and minimal-to-moderate amounts of raw seeds and nuts. •  Our olfac
tory senses lead us to fragrant ripe fruits above all other food aromas. •  Our visual sense of aesthetics is drawn to beautiful ripe fruits above all other foods. •  Our hands are designed to pluck ripe fruits. •  Our fingers are designed to peel ripe fruits. •  Our mouth’s tastebuds are most responsive and attracted to the sweet foods offered 
up by nature. •  Our teeth are designed to cleave and mash soft fruit pulp. We don’t have flesh-ripping 
canine teeth as do wild carnivores. Our two tiny “canine” teeth will not do the job—that 94
Fruiticultureterm is a misnomer. •  Our mouth is designed to handle water-rich whole foods. We are not designed to drink 
water, as meat and grain eaters need. •  Our stomach is designed to gently mix light loads of watery food and release meals un -
noticeably within an hour. •  Our stomach is not designed t o handle diets with hea 
vy meals of mostly fatty high-
protein foods, which necessitates hours of secretion of hydrochloric acid and acidic pep -
sin enzyme, and churning. Fatty and high-protein meals are retained in the stomach for 
hours, resulting in putrefaction, gas
, acidosis and, in some cases, hyper-acidity, acid re -
flux, inflammation and potentially, cancer. A constantly hyper-acidic stomach engenders coarse emotions, unhappiness and aberr an 
t behaviors,
•  Our digestive glands have limited ability to digest foods. Our mineral stores become depleted and we become fatigued if the digestive organs are forced to secrete alkaline and acid digestive enzymes all day long, as necessitated by starchy, fatty, high-protein diets. •  Our small intestine is very long, about 20 feet, and our large intestine (the colon) is 
about 5 feet long. They are both convoluted, which makes them suited to handle watery digesta and not dry and bulky food masses. Carnivores have straight and much shorter intestines, enabling the efficient elimination of tough, low water-content, bulky animal parts. Fatty and high-protein meals move through the small intestine of humans very slowly. This leads to fermentation, putrefaction, constipation, toxemia and a host of debilitating and potentially deadly diseases, such as intestinal prolapses, inflammatory bowel diseases, hemorrhoids, cancer, etc. •  Our excrement when eating a simple fruit-based diet is non-offensive and non-toxic, as 
it should be with the world’s most highly-developed, elegant beings. And we experience no body odors if we do not overeat or mix nuts and seeds with sweet fruits. Fruitarians who eat correctly have clean bodies. Starch, fat and protein food eaters have dirty bod -
ies with repulsively foul stools. Our pristine senses lead us to enjoy fresh-smelling, clean bodies. •  Ripe fruits off er simple car
bohydrates which require little or no digestion. They are 95
Fruiticultureeasily absorbed for delivery to our cells within an hour. Complex carbohydrate foods 
(e. g. , grains and white potatoes) require cooking. They take several hours to digest and rarely digest completely, often fermenting and causing illness. They also typically raise blood sugar levels higher than do sweet juicy fruit meals, and they constipate the bow -
els. Because sweet, ripe, water-rich, organic, whole fruits require very little digestive ac -
tion and they are 100% toxin-free, the body does not have to expend much energy to metaboliz e their nutrients and elimina t
e their residues, and we gain energy from them 
most efficiently. •  The ideal diet consists of mostly ripe, sweet fruits, rounded out with vegetables and 
small amounts of avocado, seeds and nuts. The average caloronutrient ratio that has been demonstrated to be optimal for human health and longevity is 80% carbohydrates (minimum), 10% protein (maximum) and 10% fat (maximum), as revealed in studies by Dr. T. Colin Campbell (former nutrition professor at Cornell University and co-author of Diet, Nutrition and Cancer and The China Study), heart specialist Dean Ornish, M.
Glucose.
What is the preferred fuel for our cells?
A fruit-based diet with a caloric ratio of 80% carbohydrates, 10% protein, and 10% fat.
What is the recommended diet for optimal health and longevity?
Chickens, turkeys, cows, and pigs.
What is the primary source of methane emissions?
By applying finely ground rock powder to the soil, which is then digested by soil microorganisms, allowing them to build their protoplasm and enzymes, and then being digested by plant roots to nourish the plants.
What is the recommended method for remineralizing the Earth's soils?
By applying finely ground rock powder to the soil, which is then digested by soil microorganisms, allowing them to build their protoplasm and enzymes, and then being digested by plant roots to nourish the plants.
What is the recommended way to remineralize the Earth's soils?