An Iowa farmer just revealed that sauerkraut juice can break down glyphosate hiding in dirt.<\/p>\n
This all started with a problem that should never even happen. Organic sauerkraut, which is supposed to be crunchy, kept turning soft and mushy instead. Two researchers figured out the cabbage was getting fertilizer made from chicken and turkey poop. Those animals had eaten glyphosate treated feed, and traces of the chemical ended up in their manure.<\/p>\n
Glyphosate grabs onto important minerals like iron and zinc, so the cabbage plant couldn\u2019t get the nutrients it needed to grow strong, crunchy cell walls. That\u2019s the part that should surprise you.<\/p>\n
Even food labeled organic can get exposed to glyphosate without anyone realizing it.<\/p>\n
Then the scientists took the leftover juice from making sauerkraut, full of a helpful bacteria, and poured it onto glyphosate contaminated soil.<\/p>\n
The juice broke down 80 to 90 percent of the glyphosate in just 6 to 7 months, and the corn grown there afterward actually grew better too.<\/p>\n
A farmer named Michael McNeill confirmed it actually works.<\/p>\n
This is an awesome finding, especially when the reality is most farmers in this country are trapped in cycles of dependency, with glyphosate at the forefront of commodity crop production.<\/p>\n