One of the things that improves the quality of a person or people's lives is not only having more money or resources but very importantly also managing effectively/efficiently what they have.
For instance, a person may work very hard, make a whole lot of money and save and invest so much. But if ill-health especially the sort that are prolonged and so serious that the expenses go beyond health insurance happens, it could gulp all or large chunks of the savings or investments.
God forbid! most of us would quickly say. Indeed God forbid, hence God provides means for people to know how to prevent such happening. Ill-health is most often not demonic- it is caused by the activities of human beings ignorantly or even deliberately in food, drink, body care, environmental pollution etc.
Ensuring good health through food and drink need not be expensive though it would cost people something. But we can ensure it is cost effective by preventing wastages and carelessness, using what is available maximally.
These would be explored more extensively and made available in online trainings.
Let's explore some things now:-
WATER
Water to be used in watering plants need not be treated - it should be as natural as possible. Hence, reason rain water is so very good for crops. While we shouldn't depend on rain-fed farming, let your crops get adequate rain water- ideally rain water has natural boosters for crop growth.
WASTES
We have already explored previously the use of remnants of foodstuffs or kitchen wastes in manuring. It also includes some of the wastes from the garden or farm itself.
Stop the use of inorganic elements in growing food, even in livestock production - STOP IT! The future health of human population is at stake with this widespread seemingly harmless but actually dangerous practices of using even small quantities of chemicals in food.
PROCESSING
When processing, as much as possible, use sun-drying except when it wouldn't work. For some food items you may dry a little in a dehydrator or oven before sun-drying so as not to denature the food - processing should retain the nutrients- essential elements in foodstuffs.
PRESERVATION
When preserving, use natural preservatives like turmeric powder and ginger-powder but be sure they are organic-grown.
CONTAINERS
If doing home farming or gardening, use containers that are idle in the home but suitable for growing crops. If using plastic, try to line the plastic container with organic materials like leaves.
As the sun eventually, gradually melts the plastic, the leaves or organic matter will absorb the inorganic elements in the plastic so they they won't leak into the soil.
Inorganic elements mixing with soil would likely be absorbed by roots of growing plants and transmitted to the parts of that plant to be eaten or used on the human body. Such food is even not appropriate for feeding livestock especially those to be eaten by humans.
RECORD-KEEPING
Keep records or taps on expenses. For instance, when I arranged for a bigger tank to replace the former tank used in our premises, I already calculated that the difference in litres between the new tank and former tank would be more than enough to water my garden crops for at least two days or even longer if it rains.
A vital reason to keep records is so that you can track wastages and block loopholes. If crops in any section of the garden or farm are not doing well, keeping records can go a long way in helping to detect the cause(s) of the problem.
IDLE SPACE
If there's any unused space in your home, or in an office, school or hospital premises, consider growing something useful for human use.
A lot of city-dwellers who genuinely don't have any space at all in their current abode, likely have parents or grandparents living in premises with some patch of land.
Why not seize the opportunity of visiting your folks regularly to help cultivate some foodstuffs in such space?
Parents, if you have grownups still asking you for money or food, and there's land in your premises or nearby, encourage them to come and help in cultivating such land for healthy food or some other useful crops.
While we should keep in holding the government accountable, we should also be doing what we can to safeguard ourselves from hunger and ill-health
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