Empty Harvest [Paperback]

Bernard Jensen (Author), Mark Anderson (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

"Is our nation's 'bread basket' becoming a dead basket?" The authors of this book contend that we are breaking down our soil ecosystem and that modern-day agriculture is out of sync with nature. Artificial soil produces artificial food. Today's mineral-deficient soil may be "one of the greatest original sources of disease." This book is divided into two uneven parts, with each author--Jensen is a nutritionist and Anderson an ecologist--responsible for a part. The book lacks footnotes, which would lend it more legitimacy, and it could be better focused on its main maessage of the interconnectedness of human and earth. But it asks questions, makes accusations, and suggests solutions that should be heard. Recommended for public health or nutrition collections in public libraries.
- Diane M. Brown, Univ. of California at Berkeley Lib.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Avery Trade (January 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089529558X
• ISBN-13: 978-0895295583
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.5 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260,940 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book EVERYONE Should Read !, January 28, 2000

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Wayne Wasserman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Empty Harvest (Paperback)

Empty Harvest clearly explains the link between the lack of minerals in our crop soils and the modern day diseases associated with mineral deficiencies (diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc.). The author shows many excellent examples of how mankind is slowly destroying it's future by robbing the Earth of the very things that give us and support life itself.

Empty Harvest is a "wake-up call" for us to start changing our destructive ways, or poor physical and mental health and disease will dominate our lives into the 21st Century and beyond!

By following many of the guidelines in Empty Harvest (especially eating foods grown in nutrient rich soils & taking plant derived major & trace mineral supplements from organic sources), we can maintain or regain optimum health.

Anyone who thinks they are getting all the essential vitamins and minerals they need from the produce section at their local supermarket needs to read Empty Harvest TODAY!

34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you really want to understand nutrition and health., January 6, 2000

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Dr. Jones (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Empty Harvest (Paperback)

This book explains many aspects of nutrition and what we have done wrong over the years with our diets. I have never seen a book with more quality information and that information is exactly what we need to look at for the causes of many of the diseases we see today. I am a Doctor who deals a lot with nutrition and it is the best book I have ever read on the subject.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Astounding, December 11, 2004

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Judith K. Ohare "grace" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Empty Harvest (Paperback)

This book should be adopted by our school systems. the most profound read I think I've ever had. a real eye opener.