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A Brix Meter (hand-held refractometer) measures the Total Soluble Solids (TSS) values
in the juice of fruits, vegetables, and even grasses.
[This online book reprinted from: http://www.crossroads.ws/brixbook/BBook.htm]
USING A REFRACTOMETER TO TEST THE QUALITY OF FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Copyright 1994, 1998 by Rex Harrill
PUBLISHED BY PINEKNOLL PUBLISHING
P 0 BOX 6, KEEDYSVILLE, MD 21756
PH/FAX 301-432-2979 Cell phone 301-992-2979
You cannot buy---nor grow---good food until you can first identify good food…
With special thanks to Dave Pelly, a consultant who truly cares about quality and who
provided the Pelly Chart, proofreading, technical support, and encouragement. And with
special thanks to Larry Strite, the Flora-Stim representative who tirelessly struggles to help
his clients achieve higher brix levels. Larry spent many hours helping me forge the finer
nuances of Brix=Quality.
FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN NUTRITION
"Perhaps you should eat more fresh fruits and vegetables," said the doctor...
…and the dentist...
…and the osteopath...
…and the chiropractor...
…and the surgeon...
…and the nutritionist...
…and the herbalist...
…and the acupuncturist...
...and the ophthalmologist...
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"But they don't taste good," say the children...
…and your spouse...
…and your friends...
…and YOU!
Well, that's because the food isn't that good. Everyone is certainly telling you the truth. So, what could the answer be?
The answer is to identify and purchase the higher quality food your body is craving---it tastes better. If you’re a grower, the answer is to GROW better food---for you, your spouse, your children, your animals, and not least---your customers.
This book is meant to help you see right through the ocean of misinformation put out by food manufacturers and the sellers of debased agriculture. Another purpose is to empower you with the ability to make wise choices about the very substances of life.
Food---real food---is grown on rich and fertile soil. Removing crop after crop, year after year, rapidly depletes the soil. Simplistic replacement of the NPK (nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium) does NOT replenish the soil and only leads to the sad insipid excuses so commonly stacked high on supermarket shelves. On the other hand, balancing the soil---fully mineralizing it to an ideal state---allows the production of fruits and vegetables of superb flavor and taste---fit for royalty: YOUR family.
There are farmers out there who know how to do the job right. Demanding the very best helps them. A refractometer can help lead you to the topnotch growers already doing the job. On the other hand, countless consumers armed with a measuring tool and saying, "I don't want your sad fare" will wake up the supermarkets. The produce managers will then wake up that majority of farmers who are still sleeping.
Quality: this, indeed, is the needed revolution in Agriculture.
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