Winston W. J. Kao ~ inventor, researcher, and educator

by Winston Kao

We casually say that our planet has lost 50-80% of its topsoil. But what does that really mean to someone who is growing agricultural crops?

How frequently have we plowed the ground or ripped a tree out, and noticed that there wasn’t a single earthworm, pill bug, pincher-bug, etc.? With our modern petro-chemical fertilization programs and the loss of our topsoil we have achieved the ultimate empty-harvest (harvested plants containing zero nutrition).

Today, most farmers are being advised into the poorhouse. The NPK, or Nitrogen Potassium Phosphorus, technology fails to address the number one ingredient which makes the difference between soil and rock. That ingredient is carbon.

In a battery if you do not have the carbon electrode in the center you do not have conductivity, thus you have no power. This same theory also applies to soil — without carbon you have no conductivity. The soil-based microorganisms have no way to communicate or transfer nutrients in a proficient manner.

Since one does not have several million years to create good topsoil one needs fast-acting, rapidly absorbed carbon chains with voluminous microbes to convert the elements (minerals) into a beautiful soil structure or loom.

The other most frequently neglected element is water. Now, I’m referring to the structure of water. Here is a subject that almost does not exist in the United States, as compared to Japan, which has Ministries of Water, Water Associations, and various private groups dealing exclusively with the structure of water. Water is known as the lifeblood of the planet. What this means is that it is the communication medium that tells the soil microorganisms how to orient themselves in relationship to their environment.

Here’s an example: Chlorine is commonly used as a bactericide, but it also creates an IDF (Intrinsic Data Fields), which means the water carries the information. In this particular case with chlorine the IDF says, "Go anaerobic, putrefy, bring in the black fungus to eat up this toxic chlorine material." So here we have a situation where we are adding chlorine to get rid of or kill the black fungus which in turn induces more black fungus growth. Great commercial venture for repeat sales!

Another more esoteric example is the testing of atomic bombs. It does not matter whether the testing is done above or below the ground, as we are not discussing radiation fallout. Rather, we’re discussing the intrinsic data field that an atomic explosion imbues into the water of our planet. In 1999 when India and Pakistan decided to have a nuclear arms race and set off 10 atomic bombs in a two-week period, one of the results was global water-contamination. If anyone would like to do an investigation, simply ask any agriculturist about the period three months after the explosions. Ask about fungus and mildew growth, infestations in agricultural ventures, waste sewage processing problems or anything that deals with anaerobic conditions. You will find a gross proliferation of such conditions after the 1999 atomic bombings.

Water is known as the universal solvent - in other words, it is the best material for dissolving things. But what have we personally experienced? Doesn’t water, after it has been flowing through a pipe for 20-25 years, simply clog the pipe with limescale build-up? The same thing occurs in soil, only we call it hardpan. In addition, the pH in the soil goes way up, stunting plant growth. Today we have electronic equipment that will roughly return 96% of this universal solvent property back to the water. To a farmer this means the salts in the water will be "neutralized" resulting in wetter, softer water. This creates greater soil penetration (break-up of hardpan) and the ability to water at night on the leaf surfaces without creating fungus or mildew proliferation.

The creators of soil fertility are the hard-working soil microorganisms, which consist of a large range of photosynthetic bacteria, lactic acid bacteria, yeast, actinomycetes (a group of microorganisms that are intermediate in structure to bacteria and fungi), fermenting fungi and myceliums (mushrooms). These microbes are interdependent; in other words the waste products of the microbes are used as a food source for the next group of microbes. For example, lactic acid bacteria produces lactic acid from sugars and other carbohydrates produced by photosynthetic bacteria and yeast. The fermentation activities of yeast produce useful substances for plant growth from amino acids and sugars found in soil organic matter and the secretion of plant roots or photosynthetic bacteria.

Therefore carbon chains, water and soil microorganisms form the trio for fertility, health, disease and insects-resistance and, most importantly, highly nutritious plants and animals. Leave out any element of the trio and one immediately enters the zone of needing fungicides, algaecides, bactericides, and herbicides, etc., ad infinitum of toxic chemistry. This is why there are many people who do not believe that you can grow without insecticides and their gamut of toxic chemistry.

So herein lies the solution to healthy, organic growing methodologies that do not use garlic, pepper sprays or any other insect/fungus killing agents. Understanding Mother Nature and working with her, instead of working against her, is a simple, profitable and relatively uncomplicated endeavor. It is the farmer who is responsible for our health, not the doctor.