Sun and Soil, Water and Worms, Plants and Pesticides…and HEMP

I am no expert. I have never been a farmer. I don’t even garden much. So why would I know anything about the Earth/Plant life cycle?  It has to do with worms. I actually worked as a salesman for a worm co-op at one point. I would arrange lectures about worms, the potential of worm castings (manure from worms) and the market demand for organic fertilizers. During my events, I would often have guest biologists from local universities come and give a sort of ‘Soils 101’ for guests. So here it is, for what it’s worth, the best a lay-person such as myself can recall.

Soil is not Dirt.

Dirt is dead. It is crushed minerals broken down through the forces of nature. Soil is alive! It is a rich panoply of micro-organism and vegetable matter in various stages of decay. Good farmland is made up mostly of soil. As vegetable matter decays it is broken down by animals, insects, nematodes and micro-organisms. The by-product of this process are the deposits of nutrients that plant roots need. Thus the cycle of life. Plants grow, they are eaten or broken down by nature, which results in decay which feeds smaller living organisms, which produce the nutrients needed by plants to grow.

The Sun and Water

The sun is the primary energy source which drives this process. Water is the conveyance of this cycle. You can think of the sun like sipping through a straw. When the sun hits the plants, it “sips” the water which causes it to come up through the roots and stem. The genetics of the plant, combined with sunlight and water cause leaf and fruit and oils and seeds and everything else the plant produces. The plant puts off oxygen and more and then animals and insects can feed.

Worms

Worms are the multiplier of this effect. Worms do ingest particles of soil, but they aren’t really “eating” the soil. The process that takes place in a worm is that it feeds on the fungi and microbes attached to that particle of soil and they incubate life for the micro-organisms that benefit from this process. What comes out of a worm is that same particle of soil now coated a rich biology of life-giving nutrients for plant roots. They turn the soil, aerate the soil and cause the soil to retain water closer to the surface where plant roots can reach it

Pesticides, Chemical Fertilizers and Growth Agents

In our industrialized age, we have invented an abundance of chemistry to “help” with plant production. We can grow crops faster, larger, deeper in color and more resistant to weeds, disease and pests. Unfortunately, many of the chemicals we use today actually kill the soil, kill the worms, and turn our soil into Dirt. Each year, more of the chemicals are now needed to continue plant production. The larger, more colorful vegetables and fruits are now only hollow shells with greatly reduced nutrient content compared to the produce of generations past. We need to eat much more of the fruits and vegetables to get even a portion of the nutrients that used to be available in the slower, uglier produce grown naturally. The farmland is burning out (partly because there are no longer any worms in it), and farmers are now dependent on chemical fertilizers – much like an addict becomes dependent on what makes him sick – lest the farmers go bankrupt for having no crops.

Hemp

Hemp is not the cure-all for this vicious cycle we have got ourselves into, but it can help. Hemp outpaces weeds, is naturally pest resistant and grows at amazing rates without chemical enhancement. Best of all, it produces one of the most human-friendly crops on Earth. Hemp seeds, oils and leaves are amazingly great for human consumption and entire civilizations have had hemp as a staple since mankind has walked the Earth. Additionally, hemp crops provide a restorative component to damaged soils. It can be used as an alternative crop in rotation for wheat and for cotton to “rest” the soil. Hemp is even being grown around Chernobyl to help restore irradiated soil.

There is much to do in getting the word out about all the great benefits of hemp. For now we are trying to combat the propaganda and monetize the movement by giving it a pay plan. If you are interested in learning more about that, join me at http://www.ProfitFromHemp.com

Hemp is not Pot

I don’t usually rant, but there is so much misinformation out there and I want to help clear the smoke (pun intended).

I just saw another reporter get it wrong. They keep calling CBD (cannabidiol) a form of Marijuana http://youtu.be/LCAL89ngKh0. While it is true that CBD can be found in all the plants of the Cannabis (Sativia) family, CBD is far more abundant in, and typically extracted from, the Hemp plant (sativia sativia l) rather than from the plants used for Marijuana (sativia indica). S. Indica – Pot – has a high amount of the psychoactive THC and a much lower amount of CBD. S. Sativia L – Hemp – has only trace amounts of THC and very high amounts of CBD.

What does all this mean?  It means you could smoke a whole field of Hemp and, though you might get a headache, you won’t get high.

So what good is hemp, then?  It is EVERYTHING helpful from this plant family!  From medicine, to biofuel, to food and much, much more. Even a casual search online for the phrase “CBD” or “Benefits of Hemp” will give you more information on this wonder-crop than you could digest in a week!

Join with us, won’t you?  We are helping this movement by monetizing it. Watch a short introduction at http://www.ProfitFromHemp.com and you could be part of the “Movement with a Pay Plan”.

Healthy Seeds, Healthy Mind

The research keeps pouring in. Studies on the benefits of Hemp Seed, Oil and Root to the human body are happening at an increasing rate throughout the world. Don’t believe me? You can Google “Hemp Seed Research Studies”, “CBD Research Studies” or “Hemp Health Benefits” (you could start with www.mycbdresearch.com) and you will get thousands of results from studies around the world. One article even suggests that Hemp seeds contain similar fatty acids to those of the human brain and can help prevent Parkinson’s and Alzheimers and improve memory, reduce anxiety and depression and improve your mood. It seems that consuming these healthy seeds may truly contribute to a healthy mind, literally.

It has become cliche in America that if you truly believe you can achieve something, then you certainly will!  A positive mindset contributes to a healthy mind as well. This is true in research, in physical performance and even in business. Belief, MINDSET, is the key to unlocking new heights in almost any endeavor. It is MINDSET above all, mine and yours, that will either limit us from reaching or elevate us toward our goals. And, it is the new positive mindset toward this re-emerging industry that has me so fired up right now. 

I believe that we can move as a people toward new heights by embracing the benefits of HEMP and letting go of our prejudice toward the psychoactive effects of it’s cousin. I do not promote the idea of getting “high” for the sake of getting high any more than I would promote the idea of getting drunk for the sake of getting drunk. But if beer had all the healthy benefits of CBD rich Hemp Oil, I might just be taking a new look at that as well. 

If you want to explore the possibility of reaching your financial goals by taking part in the HEMP movement, then come check out what is going on at http://www.ProfitFromHemp.com.

 

A Mind full of “Weed”s

I recently read a post on Facebook: “Don’t let your own thoughts be the force that stops you”.

My first reaction was to argue with this logic and say (to myself) “My thoughts are what drive me, not what stops me.” Then I realized there is real truth to the idea that our own thoughts can stop us as often as they motivate us.

Consider the case of Dr. Sanjay Gupta, M.D.. Dr Gupta is associate chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital, a best selling author, a medical adviser to the White House, an Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist and the chief medical correspondent for CNN, and was named by FORBES Magazine in 2011 “one of the 10 most influential celebrities”. Yet, in spite of his extreme accomplishments and obvious belief in medical research, he too was subject to allowing his own thoughts, beliefs and prejudices stand in his way (at least temporarily).

In 2009 Dr. Gupta came out publicly against patient access to medical marijuana. Yet, beginning in 2011 he reversed his position and has been a proponent of CBD-based treatments ever since. He reported that he had initially listened too closely to critics and had not done the proper research. Now, after traveling the world and investigating the extensive research being done revealing the medical benefits of cabbibidoil (CBD) Dr. Gupta has produced two documentaries highlighting the enormous medical benefits available to mankind and the barriers that have limited patient access to CBD-based treatments.

Now consider this, if this brilliant and accomplished man could be limited for a time by his own beliefs, could mine? Could yours? The reality is that we are all susceptible to negative and limiting ideas from time to time. Our field of beneficial thoughts can get crowded out by the ‘weeds’ of prejudice against (or for) something or by fear or doubt. I don’t want my own thoughts to be the force that stops me from reaching new possibilities, from unconditional love for others, from success in my business or in any area of possibility in my life.

I believe in the benefits of CBD, something that I initially was closed to just as Dr. Gupta was. I believe in the benefits of Hemp fiber, seeds and plant as well. I believe in the benefits to our economy, to our government and to all of mankind and the planet itself.

I also believe in the network marketing business model. I believe in it’s power to create synergy, it’s core value of success for all and in it’s unyielding foundation of success based on positive mindset.

If we can tend to the garden of our thoughts, uproot the prejudice, eradicate the fear and eliminate the doubt – then there will be no limit to what we can accomplish together!

If you want to live a life without limits, then join me in this wonderful industry, the Hemp industry, and join me in this wonderful business, the Network Marketing business. Start by watching a short video at www.ProfitFromHemp.com