> Nic wrote:

>> but I read that methane from farm animals, is just
>> as likely to create a hazard to the ozone ??

> The methane is mostly from corn fed beef. Your goat, chickens, rabbits,
> etc are insignificant, but important in terms of your own well being.
>
> The home grown veggies prolly have trace minerals from the organic soil
> that are needed for maximal mental development in childhood. You mite add
> greensand to help with that. Since trees draw from the subsoil and even
> the bedrock, their shed leaves also have trace minerals.
>
> Modern chemicals kids are exposed to in homes and schools can sensitize
> them to produce allergies. Natural foods with trace minerals can have the
> allergy receptors blocked by the trace minerals and micro nutrients plants
> absorb from organic soils.