Jadam organic Farming & Gardening : The Way to Ultra-Low-Cost Agriculture, Make All-Natural Fertilizer, Pesticide and Microorganism Inputs Yourself

Microorganism composiion of my field should be idenical to that of
the leaf mold in the mountains
If you have thought it is more scientiic to separate microorganisms into
good guys and bad guys, then the JADAM method will be a complete eye-
opener. It might appear scientiic to divide good and bad microorganisms, but
the truth is that we do not have the power or capability to make such a distinc-
tion. It has only been a few decades since modern science started studying soil
microorganisms; less than one percent of the estimated one million existing
species have been studied. It is impossible to label microorganisms good or bad.
Bacteria are the most numerous of all soil microorganisms. But we can hardly
look into the inside of a bacterium even with the most high-tech electronic mi-
croscope. Despite the advancement in molecular biology we still know very lit-
tle about the inter-relation between speciic species of microorganisms. 
Bacillus anthracis, a well-known “bad guy” that causes canker, is not always
bad. Having them in certain numbers actually keeps other pathogens away.
Toxin produced by these bacteria have the effect of inhibiting cancer growth in
the human body. Bacillus anthracis cannot be simply judged as “bad.” Like all
other life forms on earth, it all depends on what situation they are in. Es-
cherichia coli are not always bad either. E. coli disintegrates ibers in the large
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intestine; helps us absorb nutrients and water; and synthesizes vitamins benei-
cial for the body. Without them, we are not able to perform ordinary digestion
and absorption. Look closely at nature and you will see that “good or bad” ap-
proach is nothing but an illusion. It sounds more scientiic, sophisticated, and
advanced to divide microorganisms into good and bad but this is nothing more
than a marketing ploy. Business people want to monopolize microorganisms
and use them for proit. ese agents try to create fear among farmers on the
potential catastrophic harm that the “bad” microorganisms can do. ey try to
persuade farmers that they are uneducated, untrained non-experts who should
never try to handle microorganisms. So the “good” microorganisms have effec-
tively entered corporate hands in the form of commodity. Despite the corporate
propaganda and agenda, we are the descendants of those farmers who used mi-
croorganisms effectively for thousands of years. is assault, coming in the form
of science, against the method tested by time is absurd. Corporations are tout-
ing commodity that is actually inferior yet expensive. Farmers are repeatedly
told that they are non-professionals and it is best to buy the latest products and
technology, and buy into the newest ideas. What the professionals claim as
“good” microorganisms are in fact less than 1/10,000 of the total existing
species of microorganisms. Does it make sense that an iota of all existing and
mingling microorganisms is selected and is sold as a panacea for the improve-
ment of your whole ield? Is that scientiic? How much do the experts under-
stand of the role played by the remaining 9,999/10,000 other species? 
Similar things are happening in theories about human health. To date, over
4,000 different bacteria were reported to be found in the human stomach. Say a
scientist has identiied three or four of them as beneicial. Would you believe
the scientist if s/he claims that merely eating a lot of those three or four types of
bacteria will signiicantly beneit your health; and that the rest can be safely ig-
nored? is is a matter of common sense; but why is nobody raising questions
about microorganisms in agriculture? 
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JADAM Organic Farming 
Our current level of using microorganisms for farming is completely imma-
ture. It is like claiming to build a Korean eco-park and then putting in a few wild
animals from Japan and bringing in tropical ish from the Amazon. Microorgan-
isms are producers of nutrients within the human digestive system and within the
soil.