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Healthy bodies require a variety of nutrients found in diverse foods, all sourced from soil. This exploration reveals how essential ingredients in our meals, from juicy burgers to fresh salads, rely on soil's fertility. The burger's beef and cheese come from cows that graze on nutrient-rich plants, while tomatoes, onions, lettuce, and even condiments like ketchup and mustard trace their origins back to the soil. Understanding how soil and nutrients interact helps us appreciate the foundation of our food system and emphasizes the importance of soil health for a nourished population.
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You Eat Dirt! • Soil, Food, and Health
Healthy bodies need lots of nutrients. That’s why we need to eat a diversity of foods.
He’s Eating Dirt! Everything in that juicy burger came from the soil:
….. the beef andcheese come from cows (that eat plants),
……. the tomatoes, onions, and lettuce…… Tomatoes OnionsLettuce
……andwheatfor the bun ……. even the sesame seeds came from the soil….. Oh, and the ketchup…(from tomatoes), mustard…(mustard seeds), frenchfries…(potatoes) WheatMustardpotato
Vocabulary • Compost • Deficiency • Fertility • Fertilizer • Macronutrients • Minerals • Nitrogen • Nutrients • Phosphorus • Potassium • Uptake
Vocabulary • Calcium – macronutrient essential to plant growth and function, important to moving Nitrogen • Iron – micronutrient responsible for plant photosynthesis and growth • Magnesium – macronutrient essential to plant growth and phosphorus uptake • Micronutrients – essential nutrients not needed in a large amount, but still very important • Soil testing - the process to find out what kind of nutrients a soil has.
