Forty-eight years of ecological education later, we’ve learned much about the effect of our actions on the Biosphere, yet a major -
ity of now 7.3 billion continue living in ecologically unhealthful and destructive ways. Is this rational? Enlightened? Natural to our species, Homo sapiens (which means “Wise man”)? I say NO! We’re now taking about 120% of what the biosphere produces annually. Before we push 
irreversibly beyond Earth’s ecological capacity to support us and 10-30 million other spe -
cies, let’s explore what we can do to transform practices and reverse trends now killing us and the Earth. The moral, environmental, and health arguments for adopting vegetarian and vegan di -
ets have been convincingly made in books like John Robbins’ Diet For A New America,  and 
Howard Lyman’s Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth From the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat, 
and Dr. Will Tuttle’s The World Peace Diet. Yet these valuable books have not explored how raw (uncooked) vegan diets can help propel a great leap forward for those seeking to minimize harm and maximize benefit to the Earth. Books on raw and eco-conscious eating are proliferating, and many teach important and inspirational facts on the con -
nection between a raw diet and a healthier environment. It would take a book to detail all the benefits, so let’s just briefly review the primary problems and the solutions avail -
able now via raw, organic, vegan diet choices. 1. Soil Depletion/Malnutrition/FamineWe can view this as one mega-problem and probably most critical: the cumulative ef -
fects of 11,000 years of depletion of soil minerals and organic matter have been vastly 135
Fruiticultureaccelerated by the rapacious chemical-forcing and fertility-mining practices of “modern”  
agribusiness. A raw, organic vegan diet sets new standards for quality and the methods for its attainment! If the majority of people adopted this diet, imagine the drastically in -
creased demand for high-quality organic produce! When farmers remineralize soils with mixed rock powder and plant-derived compost, avoiding the byproducts of animal en-slavement and slaughterhouses, this lays the biological foundation for a truly regenera-tive, abundant, healthful and thriving veganiculture. Visualize the beautiful diversity of gardens, farms, fruitful orchards, and forests rejuvenating so much land now in an ugly, depleted state. This process of regeneration and re-fruition is happening now, insofar as we live as conscious producers and consumers who insist on enlightened care of our small planet–this rare shining jewel in the vast Universe. 2. Human Health: Degeneration/Insanity/Violence/War/Extinction?The worsening cancer epidemic, with 1 of every 2.15 people in America expected to 
harvest a crop of cancer in his/her lifetime, stands in stark contrast to Nature’s promise of perfect health. This should inspire us to sow the healthiest seeds possible in every aspect of living. Cancer tops a long list of interconnected physical, mental and spiritual diseases that plague humankind, revealing the extent of our degeneration. Simply ob -
serving most people and the daily “news” also reveals this degeneration. A raw, organic, vegan, fruitarian diet–most wisely as part of a complete system of “health by healthful living”—can supply all the essential nutrients as found in food grown from fertile, min-eralized soils, free of the toxic byproducts of animal-based chemical agribusiness and cooking. It can virtually eliminate all disease—starting now—by removing the primary causes: body toxicity and nutritional deficiency. 3. Deforestation/DesertificationThe primary causes of deforestation and desertification are land-clearing for cattle rais-
ing, use of wood and other biomass as cooking fuel, and the ongoing depletion and dy -
ing of soils. The Fruitarian diet removes these causes and promotes reforestation and orchard plantings by Nature and “Wise man. ”  Remineralizing new orchards and forests is crucial, as is remineralizing the existing acidified, impoverished late-interglacial forests. Evidence shows these forests are increasingly stressed and dying from insect and disease epidemics, climate extremes, and forest fires, thus transferring vast amounts of carbon 136
Fruiticulturefrom land to atmosphere...which brings on more climate extremes, more fires like those 
which have been burning much of Southern California and the western US—in short, a cycle of degeneration calling for a generous response of regeneration. See how generos -
ity and regeneration are related? 4. Air Pollution/CO
2 Buildup/Climate Change/Famine
Soil remineralization and reforestation reverses the CO2 flow from soil and plant life! A 
Fruitarian diet hugely reduces energy expenditure and CO2 emission by eliminating de -
mand for cooked foods, which also means elimination of demand for most refrigeration, 
packaging, and, when we create fertile abundance in bioregions everywhere, most long-distance shipping of food, fiber, and fuel. Naturally, this is wholly preferable to ruining our global climate, whether by “global warming” or–as much evidence is warning us—by an accelerated onset of the next glacial cycle in our current Ice Age. 5. Fossil Fuel/Nuclear Energy AddictionSoil remineralization, a vital key to successful raw Fruiticulture, can enable us to grow 
the biomass/alcohol fuels to meet the saner, reduced demands of a raw, vegan, health and peace-oriented culture. We can swiftly wean ourselves from our addictions to these ecologically-obsolete energy forms. Up to 2000 farmers per week have been going out of business in the U.S. over the past 30-plus years, while over a billion dollars per week is spent on oil imports. This is clearly a national and a global tragedy in need of immediate transformation. 6. Toxic WasteA committed, eco-conscious raw vegan lifestyle can minimize toxic waste beginning 
now, and phase it out soon. As for existing toxic wastes (and human sewage which is now usually toxic), it has been demonstrated that their microbial decomposition and detoxification is possible, practical, and necessary. Here again, the generous feeding of mixed rock dust and organic matter to the microbes will help their proliferation and priceless foundational work. 7. Animal Exploitation/KillingWe can minimize the suffering of exploited animals quickly, and potentially end it en -
tirely, as worldwide compassion and the balance of nature is restored. To continue need -137
Fruiticulturelessly enslaving and killing billions of our fellow creatures each year must surely be intol -
erable to the compassionate conscience of our awesomely gifted species. Obviously, it 
is up to me...and you? “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare,  
it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. ”  
- Seneca
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To give yourself a powerful education in Earth Regeneration,  
study Regenerate the Earth! by Don Weaver. The free ebook is available at:  
https://vibranthealthandwealth.com/product/regenerate-the-earth/
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“One-half of the Earth’s land mass is grazed by livestock. ”  
-Lester Brown, et al., “Vital Signs 1994”; Worldwatch Institute (1994)
“Only two percent of U.S. cropland produces fruits and vegetables. ”  
-U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Statistics (1989) 
“Permaculture offers a radical approach to food production and urban renewal, water,  
energy and pollution. It is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature—the 
harmonious integration of the landscape, people and appropriate technologies, providing 
food, shelter, energy and other material and non-material needs, achieving a resource of 
great diversity and stability in a sustainable way. The design principles are equally  
applicable to both urban and rural dwellers. ”  
-Bill Mollison  
“Fruiticulture is a way of life; a culture, a philosophy. At its very core, Fruiticulture is a way 
of designing all human systems so that they integrate harmoniously with ecology. Veganic 
Fruiticulture is the ultimate ideal for a sustainable, vibrantly thriving culture. There simply is 
no better way of living in harmony with Mother Nature and being true to our frugivorous  
nature than to create cruelty-free, abundant fruit forests in every open space available. ”  
-Jesse Krebs, Ph.D.  
“Regenerative agriculture provides answers to the soil crisis, the food crisis, the health crisis, 
the climate crisis and the crisis of democracy. ”  
-Dr. Vandana Shiva
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by David Klein, Ph.D. The Natural Way: Fruiticulture
As humans are biologically, physiologically and anatomically best suited to a fruit-based 
diet, and because fruit is the best source of carbohydrate fuel for our cells, and because well-grown fruits are nearly nutritionally complete, and because nothing tastes more delicious than luscious fruits, and because every species of animal that eats its natural biological diet does not experience the toxemic and degenerative disease that humans do (unless fed cooked food and exposed to chemical pollutants), and because fruit trees beautify and improve every aspect of our ecosphere, we will be wise to replace agricul -
tural lands that are devoted to grain and livestock farming with fruit-centric, regenera-tive agriculture—”Fruiticulture. ”  
Fruiticulture Fully DefinedFruiticulture is a conscientious, civilized, regenerative way of living in harmony with 
Nature, consonant with human’s natural dietetic character: frugivore. It is a culture of liv -
ing reverentially, wholistically, symbiotically, synergistically, healthfully, and sustainably, employing biomimicry, diverse organic horticulture, and complementary  “green” design practices, and establishing local and global communities and economies based on fruit, vegetable, nut and seed growing and eating. Fruiticulture is the most sustainable form of agriculture for our planet. Its method is 
planting the gamut of vegetable crops under and between diverse fruit and nut trees, employing site-generated green waste mulch, compost, worm castings and locally-sourced mineral-rich rock powder amendments as fertilizers. This naturally improves the fertility of the soil ecosystem, returning more to the soils than is removed, while seques-tering CO
2, reducing greenhouse gases, helping to stabilize the climate, regenerating the 
Earth, and creating food forests of abundance. Farmers can collect the seeds of a por -
tion of their fruit and vegetable crops and grow independently of seed suppliers. Food forests would enhance every aspect of life on planet Earth!141
FruiticultureThe Great Potential
Food forests of fruitful abundance would enable those working in the toxic agro-chemi-
cal industry find new, healthful green jobs! Nothing depletes our soils so much as grain growing, corn in particular, and cattle farm -
ing. Livestock farming degrades land and water resources. Artificial fertilizers contain 
few nutrients and they ruin our soils, making them more subject to erosion, and the crops they stimulate are nutrient-poor, especially lacking in vital trace minerals which the plants and we need to attain vigorous health and disease resistance. The use of her -
bicides, fungicides and insecticides severely disrupts or totally kills off beneficial preda -
tor insects, earthworms and the soil microbes that give our soils their fertility. These practices have killed off great populations of the bees upon which most fruit crop polli -
nation depends, and they have made crippling and fatal human disease conditions com -
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“You can solve all the world’s problems in a garden. ” 
-Geoff Lawton
“Try to dream with me my dreams of fruitful acres. Do not be a slave to an old conception. ” 
-Jack London  
“Man’s home is in the orchard. ”
-Dr. Herbert M. Shelton
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In the table on the next page are some relative figures showing the productivity of fruit, 
vegetable, nut, legume, grain and animal foods employing conventional farming meth-ods. The table was included in an article that the late Dr. T. C. Fry wrote in the 1980s. I was not able to find the source. Although the figures are old, their impact on human welfare and world ecology is nevertheless startlingly self-evident. In my quest to com-pile recent crop yield statistics, I found numerous sources of fragmented data from dif-ferent regions where different farming methods are used, rendering it impractical to pull together an updated single chart. Nonetheless, it’s certain that the cited fruit and vege -
table production numbers can be increased dramatically, even quintupled, using today’s advanced permaculture farming methods. In 2007 I interviewed David Blume (www.permaculture.com), one of the fathers of the 
Permaculture movement (Living Nutrition magazine volume no. 20 ). Mr. Blume stated: “During the ‘90s I pretty much focused on sustainable agriculture and farming. I had 450 people eating all their vegetables from my two-acre polycultural organic farm. Of course I’m sure they also bought other things. We were delivering 10 pounds of vegetables per person per week. And we never really had more than two-thirds of the farm in cultiva -
tion at any one time. The rest of the time it was in cover crop. We had about eight times the yield that the U.S.D.A. says is possible. ”  
If you ask any Permaculture farmer about optimum crop yields, he or she will likewise 
rave about numbers that far exceed those that conventional agriculture can achieve; the same holds true for the few but increasing legions of Fruiticulturalists.143
FruiticultureAGRICUL TURE PRODUCTIVITY CHART
 FOOD lTEM       AVERAGE ANNUAL      NET PRODUCT  
      YlELD PER ACRE (lbs.) DRY WElGHT (lbs.) Bananas      30,000     7,500
 Dates      5,000      4,000
 Grapes      10,000     2,200 
 Oranges      16,000     2,000
 PineappIes      5,000      4,000  
 Figs      10,000     2,000
 Apricots      12,000     2,000
 Apples      18,000     3,000
 Peaches      14,000     1,600
 Pears      8,000      1,400
 Avocados     12,000     3,500  
 Tomatoes     18,000     1,100
 Melons      10,000     650
 Cabbage     20,000     1,600
 Pecans      3,000      2,500
 Almonds      1,500      1,200
 Sweet Potatoes    12,000     2,400
 Potatoes      12,000     2,300
 Corn      2,000      1,700
 Wheat      1,200      1,080  
 Rice      1,200      1,080
 Soy Beans     1,500      1,350
 Peanuts      1,500      1,400
 Oats      1,000      900
 Milk      2,500      350
 Cheese      250      175
 Eggs      130      90
 B e e f      1 5 0      4 5
 P o r k      3 0 0      7 5
 Poultry      200      55144
FruiticultureThe average human requires about a pound of food (dry weight) daily, varying somewhat 
with the foodstuff. Thus, an acre of bananas will, if it amounts to about 50% of the diet, support about 40 people. At the other end of the spectrum, comparably, it requires two acres of animal products to support a single human. I n other words, bananas supply hu -
man needs not only better but they furnish about 80 times as much food per acre than does animal agriculture. Fruits, nuts and vegetables generally supply us with some 20 to 80 times as much 
food per cultivated acre than if we eat animals and animal products—and far more if Fruiticulture methods are employed. Fruit and nut trees will grow on rough and rocky mountainous and hilly areas that cannot otherwise be cultivated. Furthermore, ani -
mals graze poorly in such areas and cause a tremendous amount of erosion or soil loss. Fruiticulture is feasible in all landscapes in non-polar regions, as Permaculture master Geoff Lawton has demonstrated time and time again—see: www.geofflawtononline.com/videos/. To learn how generous tree planting can dramatically transform a land-scape and local climate, read The Man Who Planted Trees (1953) by Jean Giono. Fruiticulture food forests can be implemented not only at farms, but in all urban and sub -
urban settings: from residential properties with lawns and woods, to city parks, to high -
way parkways, to school and hospital grounds, and all other green and empty spaces. These will feed and beautify our world, and improve air quality and climate stability. The gains in human and animal health would be epic! If America were to devote as much to fruit, nut and vegetable culture as it presently de -
votes to animal culture, it would feed perhaps five times as many people as it presently 
does. The world can feed 10 to 30 times its present population, if the best use were made of our resources. Local green economies would thrive and displace toxic junk food industries. Disease rates and healthcare needs would plummet. Hospitals would be nearly empty; the medical and pharmaceutical industries would become nearly obsolete. If the world were to adopt Fruiticulture and embrace natural health education, this 
could arrest and possibly reverse the impending catastrophic effects of climate change, eliminate diet-related diseases, and make the whole world a veritable Garden of Eden, a peaceful Planet of Abundance and unlimited vibrant health. The time is ripe! For more information on Fruiticulture, please visit: www.fruiticulture.com. f145
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Above: Bill Mollison “The Father of Permaculture”
Fruiticulture farmer Annette Davidsson with a Williams Banana harvest, Maui, Hawaii146
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John Kohler’s bountiful suburban front-lawn-to-Fruiticulture-food-forest, Cotati, California147
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Above: John Kohler at his suburban Fruiticulture food forest  
Watch video by Dr. David Klein with John:  https://youtu.be/iIsRzqLa74Y
Below: Annette Davidsson’s side-yard Fruiticulture mini food forest, Maui, Hawaii148
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Fruiticulture farmers’ produce tables, Upcountry Farmers Market, Maui, Hawaii149
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Above: A seed savers and plant starters swap table, Maui, Hawaii
Below: A functionally harmonizing Permaculture farm
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Soil builders: earthworms, fungi, compost151
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Above: Food and farm waste compostables  •  Below: Rollinia, Big Island, Hawaii  
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Above: A mulched garden  •  Below: Fruit tree starters planted in mulched soil
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Above: A Fruiticulture garden  •  Below: A Fruiticulture food forest, Maui, Hawaii154
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Above: A vertical Cucumber garden in the Czech Republic  
Below: John Kohler harvesting Coconuts on Maui, HawaiiAC155
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Above: Black Raspberries  •  Below: Saba Bananas
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Above: Figs  •  Below: “The King of Fruits”: Durian
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Above: Cuban Red Bananas  •  Below: Barhi Dates158
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Above and below: Egg Fruit (Canistel)
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Above: Jamaican Passionfruit (Lilikoi)  •  Below: Brazilian Passionfruit (Lilikoi)
Below: Brazilian Passionfruit (Lilikoi) flower160
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Above: Barlett Pears, Sebastopol, California  
Below: Garden box with removable screen tops for animal protection161
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Above: Avocados  •  Below: Barry Koral at his Fruiticulture orchard in southern California
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Above: Cempedak, Maui, Hawaii
Below: Rawstock children in the apple orchard, Sebastopol, California
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Above: Peanut Butter Fruit starter  •  Below: Peanut Butter Fruits
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FruiticultureNo More Hunger, Poverty, Disease, 
Pollution, Wars
by David Klein, Ph.D. 
“You may say I’m a dreamer  
But I’m not the only one  
I hope some day you’ll join us  
And the world will be as one”  
-John Lennon, Imagine
With the absence of internal toxicosis and an abundance of fruit, the true nature of hu-
mankind is more readily revealed: wise, beautiful, serene, secure, happy, loving, respect -
ful, helpful, caring, nurturing, generous, ingenious, peaceful. Those who I’ve witnessed partaking in the Fruitarian Diet embody all of those quali -
ties, and they are all doing good things in our world. They are successfully living the 
Fruiticulture Lifestyle after departing from destructive, conventional “deathstyles” that lead the world up to this point of crisis. We all wish that “the world will be as one” great cooperative Fruiticulture Paradise. So, I hope that you realize that our Fruiticulture dream can become global reality—the 
world is waking up to the realization that we really have no choice other than to get back to Nature. We must expect that “wise man” (Homo sapiens) will realize that Fruiticulture is the most sensible solution for saving and transforming our world to flourishing wholeness. I’m sure you’re familiar with the “hundredth monkey effect. ”  This effect actually saved my 
life and led most of the contributors to this ebook to a Fruitarian awakening that trans-formed their health, and led to our connection. My point is: please spread the message of Fruiticulture—please talk this idea up, plant more fruit trees, and share this ebook far and wide...for the love of all we hold dear and sacred!165
FruiticultureHow can Fruiticulture deliver the promise of no more hunger, poverty, disease, pollution 
and wars? No More HungerThere would be no hunger if local communities learned and embraced Fruiticulture. This 
would make sharing communally with those who need healthful food easy. A proliferation of Fruiticulture fruitscapes on suburban lawns, backyards, city green 
spaces, green belts, fields, highway right-of-ways, as well as the conversion of cattle, por -
cine, fowl, grain and soy feedlots, farm fields and grazing lands to diverse Fruiticulture farms with local farm stands and farmer’s markets, will feed far more people on far less land in all populated regions on our planet, in an ecologically beneficial and sustainable manner. The variety of fruit trees that is suitable for each climate zone (except polar) is ginor -
mous and tantalizing. Greenhouses, fruit and vegetable dehydrating, indoor seed 
sprouting, and green-fueled produce transportation make winter season sustenance easy and eco-friendly. Our #1 fuel source, simple carbohydrate, is the predominant calorie source of sweet 
fruits, and natural sugars in whole plant food is what the body is actually hungry for when we are truly hungry. The protein and fatty content of avocado, nuts and seeds easily meets all our needs for essential amino acids and essential fatty acids, and in delicious fashion. The Fruitarian Diet is perfectly sustaining and then some. There is not one nutrient in meat- and grain-based diets that cannot be amply furnished in the Fruitarian Diet. Don Weaver and I have thrived on this diet for a combined 75 years, as have some of our friends for many years. After lifetimes of malnutrition, growing ranks of Fruitarians worldwide are extolling the benefits of their new diet across all media plat -
forms. They are also crowing about how shifting their priorities to living simply and se -
curing the highest quality fruits and vegetables is saving them money by reducing junk food and medical expenses and elevating their lives. No More PovertyWith Fruiticulture farming, poverty would become a thing of the past for two reasons:1. An overabundance of nutritious food would always be available, and farming and pro -166
Fruiticultureduce selling would easily employ everyone of all skill sets. There would be vast employ -
ment opportunities in cooperative fruit-centric farms and in produce distribution ven-
tures, produce stores, shops and marketplaces, green businesses that manufacture envi -
ronmentally-friendly, sustainable products grown on Fruiticulture farms, “green” building material construction, and “green” technology development. 2. Nourished on a 100% diet of healthful food and gainfully employed in vital, enrich -
ing, “green” jobs that keep us in good physical and mental shape, everyone will feel fan-
tastically well and like they have it all, and they’ll come to understand the truth in the old chestnut: “Health is our greatest wealth. ”  No one feels poor when they are vibrantly healthy! No More Disease
“Diseases enter by mouth. ”  
-Chinese proverb 
“Diseases linked to unhealthful diet and lifestyle choices, such as diabetes and cancer, are 
the leading causes of death in the United States, according to data published in JAMA. ”  
-Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, April, 2018
“In reality, the major causes of chronic diseases are known, and if these risk factors were 
eliminated, at least 80% of all heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes would be prevented; 
over 40% of cancer would be prevented. Healthy diets play a key role in the prevention of 
cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes. ”  
-World Health Organization
“A new comprehensive study entitled “The Global Burden of Disease” was published in the 
medical journal The Lancet and revealed 71.3 percent of deaths in 2015 were caused by di -
etary and lifestyle choices—as compared to only 57.6 percent in 1990. ”  
-VegNews, May, 2016
“As a conservative estimate, more than 80% of our chronic diseases today are directly related 
to our rich American Diet—high in calories, fat, sugar, salt and cholesterol, yet poor in fiber, 
nutrients, and natural taste. ”  
-Hans Diehl, DrHSc, Clin. Professor Preventive Medicine, Loma Linda University,and founder 
of the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) and the Lifestyle Medicine Institute167
FruiticultureWith our combined 300-plus years of professional experience, I and my doctor associates 
assert that the Fruitarian Diet is superior in health and longevity benefits to any other diet. Fruit is the only food that is toxin-free, provided, of course, that it is grown organically, 
as per Fruiticulture practice. Fresh, ripe, raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds pose vir -
tually no toxic, enervating burden on the body. A varied diet of Fruiticulture farm pro -
duce furnishes far more nutrients than any other modern day diet. The result of eating the Fruitarian diet as part of a healthful Fruitarian Lifestyle is virtu-
ally disease-free vibrant health, with rare if no more toxemic and degenerative diseases, birth defects, infertility, and all of the suffering, aggressive and violent behavior engen -
dered thereby. Common colds, influenza and the killer diseases of the West, such as Alzheimers, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, asthma, cancer, colitis, Crohn’s disease, diabe -
tes, heart disease, meningitis, morbid obesity and stroke, will nearly cease to occur. Suicide death statistics would fall dramatically, because a fruit-based diet promotes 
good mental health and feelings of wellness like no other, as well as freedom from drug addiction. Meaningful employment can be gained in “green” jobs, or simply farming at home, bringing satisfaction, wholeness and happiness. Working outdoors performing farm work, under the sun, with fresh air and good exercise 
makes for happy, healthy and fulfilled people. No More PollutionConventional chemical industries and their plethora of toxic products, including fertiliz -
ers, fungicides and pesticides, can be replaced with biologically positive “green” byprod -
ucts from the farm. Manufactured herbicides, pesticides and genetically-modified seeds and foods can be 
totally eliminated. All plastics can be made from biodegradable plant formulas. Much of the steel, aluminum and synthetic structural building products we rely on can 
be manufactured sustainably from bamboo and hemp. Pharmaceutical and medical industry products and wastes could be reduced by at least 168
Fruiticulture95%. Chemical waste dumps would cease, and solid waste landfills would become obsolete 
with the production of plant-formulated recyclable consumables and packaging. “Green” sustainable fuels could be grown or collected on Fruiticulture farms. Greenhouse gas emissions from cattle, fertilizer manufacture and fossil fuel burning 
would end, stabilizing and possibly correcting the perilous extreme climate trends. Toxic agricultural land runoffs into streams, rivers and oceans would end. Groundwater aquifers would no longer be poisoned. Atmospheric releases of industrial fumes would end with the use of biomaterials. Airborne dust from mono-crop field tilling and pesticide drift would end. Transportation fuels, combustion gases and particulates for all industrial and military  
industries could be greatly reduced. Livestock manure and slaughterhouse waste and pollutants would become a thing of the 
past. Human sewage would no longer require expensive treatment plants that produce unus-
able sewage sludge and toxic effluent; this could be replaced with composting sewage systems that produce “humanure” fertilizer. No More Wars
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“For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain  
cannot reap joy and love. ”  
-Pythagoras 
“The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals  
as they now look upon the murder of men. ”  
-Leonardo da Vinci 169
Fruiticulture“I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improve -
ment, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each 
other when they came in contact with the more civilized. ”  
-Henry David Thoreau
“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. ”  
-Thomas Edison 
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With an abundance of nourishing food that keeps...
 • us clean inside,
 • our endocrine and nervous syst ems working smoothly/agitation-free,
 • us freed from daily poisoning/autointoxication, stimulation, depression, pain, dis -
comforts from conventional cuisine, and
 • our minds clear, and engaged in pleasant, gr ateful and constructive thoughts,
and with...
 • cooperative use/sharing of lands,
 • cross-regional food sharing and commercial trade,
 • healthful agrarian industries , and
 • a world of people with healthy bodies and minds, 
there would be minimal or no...
 • social turmoil,
 • want and pillaging of others’ food, land, natural resources, and people for slave work,
 • toxin-fueled slaughter-mentality aggression, 
 • exploitation of natural resources and defilement of the world’s natural    
      resources,
 • murdering of animals for food, and170
Fruiticulture • personal turmoil, crime, w ars, and murder. When the people of our world experience the satiety and inner peace that comes from a 
vegan diet of mainly energizing fruits, they will wake up to their capacity for compassion and recognize that condoning the killing of animals is uncivilized, immoral, unconscio -
nable, and unethical, not to mention downright cruel, and that this devaluation of life in turn fuels the condoning of killing fellow humans—the great unconscionable, holy sin! War will be a sad thing of the dark past when humanity no longer poisons itself with tox -
ic food fare and experiences the clarity and conscientious presence that allows us to live true to our peaceful, loving, bio-spiritual nature, in harmony with and respect for ALL life on planet Earth. This is what we each want, and when we experience this, we will embrace it for life. This is the path of love, and this is what it is to truly be a good Homo sapiens. Sound incredible? To learn about the connection between toxic diets and aberrant be -
havior, read Diet, Crime and Delinquency by Alexander Schauss. And, if you are not yet 
eating vegan-style, please try it for at least three months and discover for yourself the gains that we are loving, and the great potential of Fruiticulture. Should your need guid-ance and support, help is here! n
“God made grow every fruit that was pleasant and good...  
and God took man and put him into the Paradise of Delight to dress it and keep it. ”  
-Genesis 2:9, 15 
“I shall create new heavens and a new earth...  
and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. ”  
-Isaiah 65:17, 21
“Grapes, peaches, berries, nuts, etc., are likewise provided for those who will sit at their side -
board. I have felt when partaking of this inspiring diet, than my appetite was an indifferent 
consideration; that eating became a sacrament, a method of communion, an ecstatic exer -
cise, a mingling of bloods, and a sitting at the communion table of the world; and so have 
not only quenched my thirst at the spring, but the health of the universe. ”  
-Henry David Thoreau
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“Nothing will benefit health  
or increase chances of survival on earth  
as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. ”  
-Albert Einstein
“Even chimps understand the concept: if a troop of chimps enters a fruit tree, they will only 
pick the fruits that are ripe and leave the others growing. That is sustainability. ”  
-Jane Goodall
 
“There is no way to overstate the magnitude of the collective spiritual transformation  
that will occur when we shift from food of violent oppression  
to food of gentleness and compassion. ”  
-Dr. Will Tuttle  
 
“Fruit is the best source of food for the soul, the body and the mind. In the Bhagavad-Gita, 
Sri Bhagavan says: ‘If with love and devotion, I am offered a leaf, a flower, a fruit or some wa -
ter, I will accept it. ’  It’s a way to divinity, the ultimate health. ”  
-Patrick Bernard  
 
“Fresh fruits are high vibration foods; they radiate with sun and light energy that passes to 
us when we eat them. If we do not overeat and are in a state of calmness and appreciation 
when we do eat, then fruits are an ideal way to raise our vibration and help create within us 
a state of harmony. ”  
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Fruiticulture“A period of six months is all too short to arrive at any definite conclusions on such a vital 
matter as a complete change of diet. I can say, however, that during this period I have been 
able to keep well where others have been attacked by disease, and my physical as well as my 
mental powers are now greater than before. I may not be able to lift heavy loads, but I can 
do hard labor for a much longer time without fatigue. I can also do more mental work and 
with better persistence and resoluteness. I  have advised a fruit diet for many sickly people, 
invariably with great advantage. My own experience, as well as my study of the subject, has 
confirmed my conviction that a fruit diet is the best one for us. ”  
-Mahatma Gandhi
“The vegetarian diet plays a most important role in the spiritual life. Purity is of paramount 
importance for an aspirant. This purity we must establish in the physical, the vital and the 
mental. When we eat meat and fish, the aggressive, animal consciousness enters into us. Our nerves become agitated; they become restless and aggressive, and this can interfere with 
our meditation. But the mild qualities of fruits and vegetables, on the other hand, help us 
to establish, in our inner life as well as in our outer life, the qualities of sweetness, softness, 
simplicity and purity. So if we are vegetarians, it helps our inner being to strengthen its own 
existence. Inwardly, we are praying and meditating; outwardly, the food we are taking from 
Mother Earth is helping us too, giving us not only energy but also aspiration. ”  
-Sri Chinmoy
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FruiticultureEarth’s Health is in Our Hands
by Don Weaver  
“History records no more gallant struggle  
than that of humanity against the truth. ”   
-Ashleigh Brilliant
In the late 1970s, a few of us, including John 
Hamaker and myself, warned people about severe climate change and explained that it was due to fossil fuel burning combined with global defor -
estation, continuous soil demineralization execut -
ed by chemical agriculture, sick and dying trees and whole forests, and the fires that inevitably ravage such stressed and malnourished trees and other vegetation. In those days, we got our mes-sages out to the world by mass mailing articles and letters, along with calls or visits to places like the Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania, the Congress, the EPA, USDA and environmental organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. This 
led us to write and publish The Survival of Civilization in 1982 in an effort to provide an extensively documented case for regenerating the soil and Earth. Further documenta -
tion was offered in 14 issues of Solar Age or Ice Age? Bulletin and then in 2002 when I published the extensive book To Love And Regenerate the Earth. Other articles before and since were published as the ebook Regenerate the Earth! in 2011. We were and are not only warning of the dangers ahead due to soil demineralization 
and consequent deterioration of plant health and the global climate. We were and are also publicizing the solutions of generous soil remineralization and general re-greening of the biosphere, acting locally and thus acting globally. We were (and are?) appar -
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ity of giving back to the Earth’s living soil its natural foods in greater quantity than we 
mine them from the soil through agriculture and (de)forestry. From 2015 to 2018 we have seen new records for fire damage in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and other drought-stressed regions, while elsewhere “super typhoons” are devastating the Bahamas, Philippines and up to 27 inches of rain has flooded the Carolinas in just a few days! Recently, over 40 inches of rain fell around Houston, Texas! That is more than parts of California have received in the past five years! Worldwide soil erosion and demineral -
ization continue to “undermine” our health and future survival chances. “Natural” disas-ters have become the new normal, as the large insurance companies and their growing damage statistics will attest. Ecological ActionWe need to swiftly, consciously and wisely become the generous species on Earth. We’ve 
taken so much from the  soils, plants, trees and animals; we have a huge debt that must be paid to restore our own vibrant health and that of the whole interdependent chain of life. Fortunately, we can do this by remineralizing the world’s soils with natural mixtures of rock dust, returning the increased amount of organic matter back to the soil. This will build its fertility and depth while enabling abundant production to meet our needs for pure natural foods, fiber, timber/bamboo, biomass energy (alcohol, bio-diesel, wood, hemp, etc. ), as well as beautiful landscapes, parks and wildlands. On 8/2/08, Reuters gave the news of General Motors’ plan that half of their new cars will be fueled by etha -
nol by 2012; current cars can be converted to run on a bio-fuel, electricity, or both. By our choosing healthy vegetarian/vegan/raw-food lifestyles, hundreds of millions of 
acres now used for animal-based agriculture and drug crops can be converted to organ -
ic-mineralized orchards, farms and new forest lands. Also, fast-growing tree plantations on remineralized soils can simultaneously build soil fertility and convert CO
2 to leaf and 
wood for alcohol fuel and wood energy. Leaves and residues can be returned to the soil. This can replace the practice of burning carbon stored in the ground as oil, coal, and nat -
ural gas, which is wrecking our interglacial climate. This conversion can eliminate what currently comprises 20% of total CO
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bring CO2 down from about 408 ppm to a stable interglacial level of about 280 ppm. Remineralizing much of the current forest land will greatly reduce the widespread dis-ease, insect and fire epidemics, enabling forests to again grow healthy and strong. This will pull in billions of tons of CO
2 through renewed nourishment and vibrance from soil 
microbes up to treetops. It will reverse soil acidification, allow the soil life-system to hold much more moisture for year-round availability, and ameliorate the increasing “tinder -
box” conditions in many malnourished forests. Stabilizing CO
2 levels and the planetary 
climate is the sensible approach if we want to save what is left of our forests and nurture the growth of new ones over much of the Earth. Whether you lean toward the widely accepted “global warming” theory and related evi-
dence, or the “new glacial period” thesis and evidence as put forth by John Hamaker and others, including myself, I think we can all agree on the wisdom of remineralizing and re-greening the Earth to reverse the current slide into “climate chaos. ”  For example, in recent years, there were record cold and crop-destroying snowstorms all the way into southern China, Greece, the Middle East, Florida as well as north to Alaska, Canada and Greenland, with the highest level of Northern Hemisphere snow cover in at least 52 years. Along with the understanding that we’ve about reached “Peak Oil, ” we need to realize 
our soil-devouring civilization has already passed “Peak Soil. ”  Earth is in urgent need of replenishment. Can the human mind and heart awaken and shift from egocentric to ecocentric, from the shortsighted habits of Earth-exploitative materialism to Earth-regenerative compassion, simple eco-living and co-creation of natural abundance and health for all? Fruiticulture Can Restore “Earth Health”  Stephan Reeve’s farm on Maui is another model of the health-oriented agriculture of the 
future, thriving on 11 acres of previously neglected pastureland. Former San Franciscan Stephan Reeve and his family have co-created an Edenic garden and orchard with gener -
ous soil remineralization, mulching and composting, å la the Hunzans. The farm produc -
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Hunza. Continued generous remineralization and compost return should soon allow the farm to match the quality of the Hunzan “Shangri-La. ”  Why don’t we all strive for such high standards of soil fertility, food quality, health and active longevity? While I’m fortunate to have some mineralized fruits and veggies year-round from my 
gardens here in California, my two weeks working at Stephan Reeve’s farm on Maui a few years ago was extra-nourishing and rejuvenating to body and spirit. Along with eat -
ing a variety of fresh, ripe, mineralized produce, renewing great friendships and swim-ming often, my rock dusting of a new grove of rollinia trees was a highlight as I love to help young trees grow to healthful fruition. Not only are rollinia trees very beautiful and fast-growing, the rollinia fruit has earned a spot on my top five fruits of the world list, along with sapote, durian, atemoya, apricot…and perhaps tied with nectarines, cherries, peaches, persimmons and pineapple. The wonderful fact is that when we grow foods in remineralized and organic matter-
enriched soils (animal manures and slaughterhouse byproducts are not needed, thank -
fully), the development of the flavor and of all the health-promoting compounds can, if you are truly hungry, make each food a favorite at the time of eating! The more we intel-ligently give to Nature, the more Nature gives back, often 100-fold or more! The fruits and vegetables of remineralizing farmers Bob Cannard, chosen by Alice Waters 
to supply the produce for Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, and Rick and Kristi Knoll at Tairwa Farm in Brentwood, California, also earned high praise. Now with California’s largest organic farm, Cal-Organic, adding at least 3,000 tons of Summa Minerals rock dust to their increasingly remineralized acreage, it is clear that mineralized-organic can succeed from the smallest garden to the largest farm, and beyond. The need for global Earth Regeneration work can eliminate unemployment and make crime as scarce as it is in the well-nourished, “Engaged-with-Nature” cultures. The real crime is our neglect of healthy human development, such that over 2.2 million are now imprisoned in the U.S. The fact that crime, war and ecological destruction are virtually unknown in cultures 
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Fruiticultureselves at every level of being, in every interrelationship and “from soil to psyche. ”  
Wouldn’t it be great if, instead of spending 5 billion dollars or more per week on warfare, 
we would use it to fund all the crucially needed Earth Regeneration projects? Is anything more important? A new and vibrant Earth calls us forward. Now is the time to exercise our “response-abilities” and to express our love and thanks for the “Gift of Life”! What Y ou Can Do1. Start a garden/orchard/farm/Earth Regeneration Center to provide food, beauty, and 
inspiration to yourself and others. Buy seeds and trees from independent and organic growers whenever possible as there is a major corporate push to take over, hybridize, chemicalize, and genetically modify agriculture and the food supply. Save seeds and propagate plants yourself, as well. Start a plant and tree nursery. 2. Remineralize the soil, make compost, feed the microbes and earthworms to restore 
the foundation of health and life. 3. Buy only organically-grown foods and other natural products; try eating mostly or 
only plant foods and mostly or only fresh/raw/ripe foods; share the good news about soil mineralization and organic growing practices with farmers and as many people as you can. 4. Simplify every aspect of life to promote health for people and planet; work together 
with those supporting global health; withdraw your support from those people and companies whose practices are harmful to the ecosystem and encourage them to go constructively green. 5. Become knowledgeable about your own region as well as about the world in general 
so you may better influence local and global politics and consciousness through writing, speaking and leading new positive initiatives. Community gardens/orchards, tree nurs -
eries and tree-planting projects are needed almost everywhere, as are more Community Supported Agriculture enterprises, natural food potlucks and healthy living education centers and events. 6. Explore co-housing and cooperative community and eco-village options for you and 179
Fruiticultureyour loved ones, and/or retrofit your current residence for increased solar power, food 
growing and green living. Study Permaculture and Fruiticulture principles to see how they apply to your living and growing environment. 7. Help schools start organic, mineralized gardens and orchards—Berkeley’s “Edible 
Schoolyards” founded by Alice Waters is an example to build upon. Share Nature’s beau-ty and miracles with children to prevent further spread of “Nature Deficit Disorder. ”
8. Add to this list according to your nature and inner inspiration, and try out the advice 
to “be the most positive person you know. ”
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FruiticulturePlanting Your Home Orchard    
by Don Weaver 
“It is impossible for man to evolve mentally unless s/he participates in the creation of the 
world. This is a very simple way to participate. Fruit trees and nut trees marry the earth and 
sky. They give shade and food. They are a powerful symbol. To plant a tree along a public 
road, that is an act of generosity. Lack of heart, lack of generosity,  
is the real disease in our world. ”  
-Bernard Moitessier
I have been gratefully enjoying a growing supply of fantastic mineralized fruit in recent 
years, and now I find my home orchard is fully planted! So I accept a soft place under freshly-leafing chocolate persimmon to encourage you to share this inspired feeling of shared nurturance and nourishment of mind-body-spirit...and Earth! Have you noticed the countless efforts made to experience greater health of indivis -
ible mind-body-spirit, but too often “Earth” is divided off or forgotten and an essential 
unity is severed or misplaced? Please never undervalue the Soil-Earth-Health complex of beautiful relationships. Don’t we all want and truly need more beautiful relationships in our lives? Might you start on your present “homestead”? If you see any soil and receive about six or more hours of sun per day, and live south of the Arctic Circle, your chances are excellent. To consciously begin your symbiotic relationship with the Earth by planting orchards 
and gardens is a direct, radical step toward total perfect health for you and the Earth—for you as a caring, intelligent part of the Earth. As your caring translates to giving wisely and generously to soil-and-Earth, Nature’s response translates into the natural spectacle of Healthy Abundance and Fruitfulness. This includes Nature offering back the beautiful, pure, vibrant living foods we need for real human health, thus completing this most sacred symbiotic relationship cycle. If you aren’t aware of how strongly and urgently Earth and humanity are crying out 
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Fruiticulturetion—to become “painfully aware” of humanity’s local/global confusion and “relationship 
problems”! So, if you’re exploring the course of wisdom and this work of re-greening and regenera -
tion appeals to you, shall I now tell you “how to?”  I’d say please question all “how to’s, ”  
especially as each moment and circumstance and set of interrelationships is unique and new, but I’ll suggest some principles to consider:
1. Soil organisms largely “run the show” below and above ground, so providing them 
with a generous supply of their natural diet of mixed rock minerals and organic com-pounds, such as your own homemade composts and mulches, is of primary importance. 2. Find good tree (and seed) sources, using organic methods. I’ve also “adopted” a num -
ber of free or inexpensive trees from un-organic nurseries, knowing with “TLC” and plen-
tiful feeding I could help them “get off the drugs” and become upstanding members of the Healthy Tree Community. Some trees may be grown from seed, but the seedling may be quite different than the parent! My nectarine tree from seed gives wonderful fruit. 3. Fertilize adequately in the planting hole and also in the surrounding future rooting 
area. In typical infertile, tough ground, I use pick and spade to make a hole approxi-mately two feet deep by three feet across, place the tree at right level, below any graft union, then mix rock/gravel dust and compost in with the original soil in roughly a 5-20-75% ratio. Then I provide a future nutrient supply by topping with a good compost/rock 
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garden soil, a smaller hole and less immediate root zone fertilization may be sufficient. Consider all of the tree catalog suggestions, also library books if you wish (but question those “how to’s” that sound unnatural), water the trees as needed, and enjoy a pure and beautiful relationship! n 
“Then what is the answer? Integrity is wholeness, the great beauty is Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and 
things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man apart from that, or else you will 
share man’s pitiful confusion, or drown in despair when his days darken. ”  
-Robinson Jeffers
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FruiticultureThe Time is Ripe to Join & Lead 
by Don Weaver & David Klein, Ph.D.
Be Such A Person
by Don Weaver
Envision a genuine, healthy civilization as one where the great diversity of human be -
ings recognize our natural interdependent place in the far more diverse Planetary tree of 
life, and consciously work and live to enrich, support, and strengthen the entire growing tree. I encourage you to explore the challenges and relationships in your life, and consider 
well the ecological wisdom of simpler, more natural living, enjoying the fantastic variety of beautiful, delicious, perfectly nourishing plant foods we can grow and eat without vast expenditures in processing, packaging, refrigeration, fossil fuels, and other prob -
lems addressed earlier. I invite you to join the great work of giving back to the Earth more than we take, so that we may all survive, thrive, and continue a conscious evolution of Life on a small planet! May these wonderful words inspire us all to take action: 
“Be such a person and live such a life,  
that if every person were such as you, and every life such as yours,  
this Earth would be God’s paradise. ”  
-Phillip Brooks
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FruiticulturePersonal & Planetary Health:  
Inextricably Intertwined Matters of Integrity
by David Klein, Ph.D. The time is ripe for all of us to change our worldview, visualize, come together, meet, 
share, learn, plan, teach and cooperatively create the kind of world we want to live in. It is our responsibility to do the right thing every day in the loving spirit of integrity. Someone once said:  “We must be passionate about a mission greater than ourselves. ”   
Our mission is the greatest of all: to come together, think with reason and act with  
integrity in restoring our world to a condition of sustainable health. We can choose to have faith that the current global crisis will force humanity to wake up to our symbiotic kinship with all life on Earth, assume a humble attitude of gratitude for all our gifts,  
reconnect with our sense of empathy for all life, and take responsibility for stewarding our shared “nest, ” and restoring the natural order of our world by abiding by the prin-ciples of Fruiticulture. “If humanity does not opt for integrity, we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference. ”  
-R. Buckminster Fuller
What is it to be a truly conscientious human being, a good citizen of the Earth? To act with integrity in all matters needing care. “It’s not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity. ”  
-Francis Bacon, Sr. It is our life, our world—if we desire to live in Paradise, we each have to take full respon -
sibility for making things better at every turn. “Real integrity is doing the right thing,  
knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. ”  
-Oprah Winfrey
It is our choice whether we will diligently work toward optimizing our health, restoring the planet, caring for all that is vital to our existence, bringing light to darkness and  
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-Spencer Johnson
We can choose to do the right thing, acting with integrity, or we can be lazy, ignore the 
work at hand, compromise our ideals, make excuses, gripe, pass the buck, assume it will get done by others, think change is impossible, worry, lose hope, despair, give up, do nothing, be silent and surrender our human spirit...it’s our choice. “Courage is the foundation of integrity. ”  
-Keshavan Nair
Or, we can harness our passion, take the reins, marshal our energies and live our lives purposefully, with optimism and integrity. “Integrity is the essence of everything successful. ”  
-R. Buckminster Fuller
Do you believe the excuses your mind conjures, defeating your innermost desires to actualize perfect health? Do you see obstacles in your path, feel disempowered and be -
lieve you cannot be an effective agent of planetary change? None of these notions are real or true; none are worthy of your attention; none serve your highest good; none con-tain any essence of the human spirit. “One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. ”  
-Chinua Achebe
Imagine your loftiest dreams in every aspect of your life coming to fruition and pas-sionately move toward them every day. Positive, constructive action renews life. Think, believe and act passionately, expressing, sharing, synergising, exemplifying and enjoy -
ing the process of improving every aspect of your life, your world and of creating the best possible future for you and yours. Allow the goodness within you to manifest your deepest desires. It begins with prudent care of our health and extends to the benevolent stewardship of all life on Planet Earth. “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and 
imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace,  
the slaves of the ordinary. ”   
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FruiticultureLive as the embodiment of the best of all human traits: integrity. Let us each bring all 
the goodness in our heart to the world, for the love of life and good of all. “Goodness is the only investment that never fails. ”  
-Henry David Thoreau
Please Join Us! The net gains of global Fruiticulture are, in a nutshell, the fruition of our deepest dreams 
of Paradise, or, if you prefer, Heaven on Earth. This is achievable on a global scale, pre -
cisely because of these four big reasons:
 1. Fruiticulture is far easier and cheaper than any other form of agriculture, and it’s  
doable in all non-polar regions. 2. In physically performing Fruiticulture farm work, we feel well in mind, body and 
spirit. 3. The Fruitarian Diet is far more delicious, nutritious, and health-promotive than any 
other diet; it enables us to realize our full potential as the person we have always longed to be. 4. Fruiticulture will induce tangible improvements in every aspect of life on Earth. With the “100th monkey effect” in mind, please be the “next monkey” by joining us in teaching and living Fruiticulture. You’ll feel better, be happier, and your example will spread the most vital message that the world needs to see and hear. We will be thrilled to hear from you, and all small and large deeds will be greatly appreciated and abun-dantly rewarded by Mother Earth and all her children! By the very act of sharing this  
ebook with others, you will be setting the effort in exponentially greater motion! Love in combination with integrity is the force that will drive this great transformation. Together we will co-create the vibrantly healthy world in which we wish to thrive! Contact UsDavid Klein, Ph.D.: dave@digestionperfection.com • 808-572-0861 (Maui, Hawaii, USA)  
Don Weaver: earthdon@yahoo.com  
The Fruiticulture Institute: www.fruiticulture.com
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“To arise at dawn each morning refreshed,  
Brimming with the energy of enthusiasm,  
Luxuriated by the sensations of a vibrantly healthy body,  
Immersed in vibrations of pure euphoria,  
Warmed by the glinting rays of the sun, and  
With a heart yearning to share an ocean of love  
Is the nectar of Fruitarian living. Sharing fruit,  
Your high vibration, and  
Your unique wisdom  
With all those whose lives you touch, and  
Giving to Mother Earth in the Fruiticulturian Way are  
The Virtues of a noble being. ”
-David Klein, Ph.D.188
FruiticultureAbove: Dr. Robert Sniadach teaching at Rawstock, Sebastopol, California
Below: Neil Coshever giving a fruit tree grafting workshop for the
Maui chapter of Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers
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Below: Fruitarian bodybuilder Charlie Abel, author of The Raw Food
Bodybuilding Training Manual, Big Island, Hawaii
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Above: A Permaculture farm  
Below: Dr. Robert Sniadach at his Fruiticulture farm in Belize191
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Above: Rawfood Chef Novalee Truesdell delivering a rawfood preperation demo  
Below: A grafting workshop at SimpliFresh Farm, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii192
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Above: Symbiosis in action
Below: The Raw Passion Band at Rawstock - Drs. Douglas Graham, David Klein and friends
performing Ape Man by The Kinks
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A new generation planting trees and growing real food
The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation, El Salvador194
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The hardest working and most threatened  
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A mango seedling gets a healthy start on life  
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Physicians Coalition for Responsible Agriculture on Maui is a citizens’ coalition advocating
responsible agriculture on Maui, Hawaii, formed by Dr. David Klein with Lorrin Pang, M.D., 
Maui County’s District Health Officer (contributing as a private citizen)
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FruiticultureIn their respective volunteer roles as president and vice president,
in one year Annette Davidsson and Dr. David Klein have built up the membership 
of the Maui chapter of the Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers nonprofit organization from 6 to 38, 
and helped put on several events to educate more people about how to increase fruit 
growing and commerce, toward improving the the “fruitification” of Maui. www.facebook.com/groups/HawaiiTropicalFruitGrowersMaui
www.htfg.org
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www.plantbasednews.org/post/10-stats-that-prove-veganism-is-going-mainstream
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“With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in 
one’s ability, one can build a better world. ”
-The Dalai Lama
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“Love in combination with integrity is the force that will 
drive this great Fruiticulture revolution. The time was never riper! Together we will co-create the vibrantly healthy world 
in which we wish to thrive. ”
-Dr. David Klein
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“There is no reason not to follow your heart. ”
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Spread  
the news:  
Fruiticulture  
is the word! ”   “
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FruiticultureAppendix A
Hua Nui 
by David Klein, PhD. Introduction
The future Hua Nui (HN) will be a Vibrant Health Living & Learning Center on the 
Hawaiian island of Maui. Hua Nui means “fruitful” in the Hawaiian language. HN is the brainchild of Dr. David Klein of Haiku, Maui. HN will stand as a premier, exemplary Fruiticulture farm, institution of Vibrant Living and a beacon for wholistic health seekers and sustainable living enthusiasts worldwide. The academic enterprises of HN will be known as the Fruiticulture Institute and the Vibrant Health & Wealth Academy. HN will include an organic farm, orchards, fruit tree nursery, and conference room / yoga 
studio. HN will employ sustainable, organic, veganic, regenerative Fruiticulture  
design and maintenance methods and provide Fruiticulture farm tours and Vibrant Health Education at its finest. David will act as property caretaker, business manager and farm and health education 
director, bringing his 34 years of Vibrant Living expertise and indefatigable passion for helping the world to become a healthier place. He is seeking a benevolent property owner, partners and/or benefactors whose primary ROI objectives are personal and plan -
etary Vibrant Health. Donations are tax-deductible through HN’s fiscal steward, Tri-Isle Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc. 
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After a longstanding illness, David’s life was saved and uplifted by employing Hygienic 
principles of self-healing and by adopting the Natural Hygiene Way of Life (renamed Vibrant Living). His subsequent mission has been to introduce the world to the prin -
ciples of Vibrant Living, and fruitcentric permaculture, and to educate and guide ailing people to Vibrant Health at every opportunity. HN will represent the culmination of his decades of experience and outstanding service to humanity. PurposesHN will stand as a model for sustainable, regenerative, veganic, Fruiticulture living. The 
farm will provide organic fruits, vegetables and fruit tree starters to island customers and feed HN residents. Fruiticulture farm tours, classes, workshops and trainings will be provided. The property will be placed in a living trust to assure its perpetual abidance to the Hua Nui mission. LocationMaui is considered by many to be the world’s #1 island destination and the most pre -
ferred luxurious residence for many health-minded people. With year-round warm tropi-
cal weather averaging 75 
0F, a friendly “aloha” social climate, unbounded water sports 
and other recreational activities, favorable conditions for growing all tropical fruits, and scintillating scenic beauty, Maui is a healthful island of enchantment. The location for the future HN will be a yet-to-be-determined coastal property in the 
town of Haiku on the North Shore region of the island. This area offers: 30-minute prox -
imity to Kahului Airport, 20-minute proximity to beaches, elevation suitable for growing tropical fruits, stunning shoreline views and serenity. FeaturesHN will feature fully organic, veganic, Fruiticulture-designed amenities to provide self-
sufficient sustainability and promote vibrant health.
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        Forty-eight years of ecological education later, we’ve learned much about the effect of our actions on the Biosphere, yet a major -
ity of now 7. 3 billion continue living in ecologically unhealthful and destructive ways. Is this rational. Enlightened. Natural to our species, Homo sapiens (which means “Wise man”). I say NO. We’re now taking about 120% of what the biosphere produces annually. Before we push 
irreversibly beyond Earth’s ecological capacity to support us and 10-30 million other spe -
cies, let’s explore what we can do to transform practices and reverse trends now killing us and the Earth. The moral, environmental, and health arguments for adopting vegetarian and vegan di -
ets have been convincingly made in books like John Robbins’ Diet For A New America,  and 
Howard Lyman’s Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth From the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat, 
and Dr. Will Tuttle’s The World Peace Diet. Yet these valuable books have not explored how raw (uncooked) vegan diets can help propel a great leap forward for those seeking to minimize harm and maximize benefit to the Earth. Books on raw and eco-conscious eating are proliferating, and many teach important and inspirational facts on the con -
nection between a raw diet and a healthier environment. It would take a book to detail all the benefits, so let’s just briefly review the primary problems and the solutions avail -
able now via raw, organic, vegan diet choices. 1. Soil Depletion/Malnutrition/FamineWe can view this as one mega-problem and probably most critical: the cumulative ef -
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Fruiticultureaccelerated by the rapacious chemical-forcing and fertility-mining practices of “modern”  
agribusiness. A raw, organic vegan diet sets new standards for quality and the methods for its attainment. If the majority of people adopted this diet, imagine the drastically in -
creased demand for high-quality organic produce. When farmers remineralize soils with mixed rock powder and plant-derived compost, avoiding the byproducts of animal en-slavement and slaughterhouses, this lays the biological foundation for a truly regenera-tive, abundant, healthful and thriving veganiculture. Visualize the beautiful diversity of gardens, farms, fruitful orchards, and forests rejuvenating so much land now in an ugly, depleted state. This process of regeneration and re-fruition is happening now, insofar as we live as conscious producers and consumers who insist on enlightened care of our small planet–this rare shining jewel in the vast Universe. 2. Human Health: Degeneration/Insanity/Violence/War/Extinction. The worsening cancer epidemic, with 1 of every 2. 15 people in America expected to 
harvest a crop of cancer in his/her lifetime, stands in stark contrast to Nature’s promise of perfect health. This should inspire us to sow the healthiest seeds possible in every aspect of living. Cancer tops a long list of interconnected physical, mental and spiritual diseases that plague humankind, revealing the extent of our degeneration. Simply ob -
serving most people and the daily “news” also reveals this degeneration. A raw, organic, vegan, fruitarian diet–most wisely as part of a complete system of “health by healthful living”—can supply all the essential nutrients as found in food grown from fertile, min-eralized soils, free of the toxic byproducts of animal-based chemical agribusiness and cooking. It can virtually eliminate all disease—starting now—by removing the primary causes: body toxicity and nutritional deficiency. 3. Deforestation/DesertificationThe primary causes of deforestation and desertification are land-clearing for cattle rais-
ing, use of wood and other biomass as cooking fuel, and the ongoing depletion and dy -
ing of soils. The Fruitarian diet removes these causes and promotes reforestation and orchard plantings by Nature and “Wise man. ”  Remineralizing new orchards and forests is crucial, as is remineralizing the existing acidified, impoverished late-interglacial forests. Evidence shows these forests are increasingly stressed and dying from insect and disease epidemics, climate extremes, and forest fires, thus transferring vast amounts of carbon 136
Fruiticulturefrom land to atmosphere. which brings on more climate extremes, more fires like those 
which have been burning much of Southern California and the western US—in short, a cycle of degeneration calling for a generous response of regeneration. See how generos -
ity and regeneration are related. 4. Air Pollution/CO
2 Buildup/Climate Change/Famine
Soil remineralization and reforestation reverses the CO2 flow from soil and plant life. A 
Fruitarian diet hugely reduces energy expenditure and CO2 emission by eliminating de -
mand for cooked foods, which also means elimination of demand for most refrigeration, 
packaging, and, when we create fertile abundance in bioregions everywhere, most long-distance shipping of food, fiber, and fuel. Naturally, this is wholly preferable to ruining our global climate, whether by “global warming” or–as much evidence is warning us—by an accelerated onset of the next glacial cycle in our current Ice Age. 5. Fossil Fuel/Nuclear Energy AddictionSoil remineralization, a vital key to successful raw Fruiticulture, can enable us to grow 
the biomass/alcohol fuels to meet the saner, reduced demands of a raw, vegan, health and peace-oriented culture. We can swiftly wean ourselves from our addictions to these ecologically-obsolete energy forms. Up to 2000 farmers per week have been going out of business in the U. S. over the past 30-plus years, while over a billion dollars per week is spent on oil imports. This is clearly a national and a global tragedy in need of immediate transformation. 6. Toxic WasteA committed, eco-conscious raw vegan lifestyle can minimize toxic waste beginning 
now, and phase it out soon. As for existing toxic wastes (and human sewage which is now usually toxic), it has been demonstrated that their microbial decomposition and detoxification is possible, practical, and necessary. Here again, the generous feeding of mixed rock dust and organic matter to the microbes will help their proliferation and priceless foundational work. 7. Animal Exploitation/KillingWe can minimize the suffering of exploited animals quickly, and potentially end it en -
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erable to the compassionate conscience of our awesomely gifted species. Obviously, it 
is up to me. and you. “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare,  
it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. ”  
- Seneca
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To give yourself a powerful education in Earth Regeneration,  
study Regenerate the Earth. by Don Weaver. The free ebook is available at:  
https://vibranthealthandwealth. com/product/regenerate-the-earth/
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“One-half of the Earth’s land mass is grazed by livestock. ”  
-Lester Brown, et al. , “Vital Signs 1994”; Worldwatch Institute (1994)
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The author is concerned that the majority of the world's population is living in ecologically unhealthful and destructive ways, and that it is irrational, unenlightened, and unnatural for humans to continue on this path.
What is the author's main concern about the current state of the world?
The author suggests adopting a raw, organic, vegan diet and embracing Fruiticulture practices to regenerate the Earth and promote health.
What is the author's solution to the environmental and health crises?
The author mentions that a raw, organic, vegan diet can help regenerate the Earth, promote health, and eliminate disease, as well as reduce pollution and toxic waste.
What are some of the benefits of a raw, organic, vegan diet?
Fruiticulture is a way of living that promotes a diet of mainly energizing fruits, and it is different from other diets because it focuses on remineralizing the soil, promoting reforestation, and eliminating the need for animal products.
What is Fruiticulture, and how does it differ from other diets?
The author envisions a world where people come together to regenerate the Earth, live in harmony with nature, and thrive in a world of abundance and peace.
What is the author's vision for the future?