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3. Water and leaf mold
ere is a wide-spread misperception that in order to practice organic farm-
ing there are basic necessities such as black sugar, molasses, vinegar, wood vine-
gar (pyroligneous liquor) and alcohol (ethanol). Black sugar and molasses are
not produced in Korea; they are 100% imported. ese products use a lot of oil
and electricity in their making so their prices are prone to luctuation in the in-
ternational oil market. Vinegar and wood vinegar can be made at home but
most of the time they are bought from the market. Most of the alcohol is also
imported and its price is likewise linked to international oil prices. You can see
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that all the inputs you thought of as farming essentials are connected to oil
price and this has generally risen. Organic farmers have to pay big money to
buy these so-called necessities.
JADAM strongly urges to do away with all these inputs. ey were not used
in our millennia of farming history. In particular, black sugar and molasses
must go. Not only are they expensive but they are actually doing harm. People
think black sugar from the market is close to raw sugar extracted from sugar
canes but it is not. Take out minerals and other nutrients from raw sugar and
you get white sugar. Treat it with caramel coloring and you get black sugar. Ar-
tiicial caramel coloring is a chemical obtained through heat and pressure treat-
ment of sugar, sulites, and ammonia. e Center for Science in the Public
Interest (CSPI) strongly warns against the use of this product because it is a car-
cinogen. If you are addicted to using black sugar and molasses you will never
truly go organic. “Suicide by Sugar” (Nancy Appleton, G.N. Jacobs, Square
One Publishers) lists 140 diseases which can be caused by ingesting sugar. ere
are numerous other books warning about the dangers of sugar.
Some of the harmful effects of sugar include: inhibiting the immune system;
causing adolescent delinquency; weakening immunity; causing chromium and
copper deiciency; inhibiting the absorption of calcium and magnesium; increas-
ing levels of neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin and noradrenaline;
causing a rapid increase in adrenalin which induces tension and aggression in
children; contributing to osteoporosis; facilitating aging by decreasing vitamin E
in the body; reducing growth hormone levels in the body; promoting the onset
of Parkinson’s disease; and worsening fatty liver. “Suicide by Sugar” presents de-
tailed research data that supports the claim. What would happen to your child if
you mix, roll, roast, fry and steam all the food with sugar? is is what organic
farming is currently doing; almost all inputs are soaked in sugar and molasses.
Human bodies, soil and crops are one. ere is very little research on the re-
lationship between sugar and agriculture, but sugar turns the inputs acidic;
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using them turns the soil and the plant’s body-luid acidic. Most insects, pests
and bacteria pathogens are classiied as acid-lovers. Acidiication is directly
linked to disease outbreak. After you use sugar, diseases will become rampant –
more so than conventional farming. Fruits and leaves will be covered with black
scum. Only use home-made vinegar and wood vinegar and do not buy them
from the market. ese are useful if you dilute them 100 to 500 times with
water and then use the solution as a nutrient supplement. Do not buy alcohol
unless absolutely necessary.
Since when did we become so reliant on sugar, molasses, vinegar, wood
vinegar and alcohol? Certainly our ancestors did well without them. is is
probably because we tried to copy the Japanese method, thinking that theirs
was more advanced. Japan’s famous agriculture magazine “Modern Agriculture”
frequently promotes the use of sugar and vinegar. I do not think that Japanese
farming is superior to Korea’s. All regions have their own farming methods. Dif-
ferent regions need to develop farming tailored to their respective needs. Of
course we should learn from others but if this entails learning a system that ex-
cludes farmers from the technology and turns them into mere consumers,
JADAM strongly opposes that system. Korea does not produce any sugar at all,
yet how can that ingredient become an essential in organic farming? at is
against the very spirit of organic farming. If you have sugar remaining on your
farm, dilute with 500 parts water and apply the solution to the soil but not to
the leaves. Finish off the sugar and do not buy again. If your ish waste is not
decomposing well in sugar, take out half of it, ill the half with water and add a
handful of leaf mold. Decomposition will accelerate and the material will be
ready for use after three months.
JADAM urges farmers to stop using sugar, molasses and market-bought mi-
croorganisms but instead start using water and leaf mold. Prepare a container,
add the ingredient, ill up with water and add a handful of leaf mold. at is it!
No more worries about C/N ratio, pH level, artiicial heating, aerobic vs. anaer-
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