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<blockquote data-quote="Vhamilton" data-source="post: 1015729" data-attributes="member: 19729"><p>Thank you all for your replies so long ago!</p><p>It's been a long road but I'm happy to offer some of my results, while understanding that they may not be the answer for all farms.</p><p>After analyzing my samples from our farm, I've found that the dig sites had significantly higher concentrations of iron than the surrounding field, sometimes twice as much. I also found a lot of research on uptake of iron. Certain oxides are more readily absorbed by mammalian bodies than others, and the ones found in leafy greens are difficult for the body to process. It's possible that the oxides in soil are in an easily digested form. Our soil is the Evard Cowee complex, a clay rich red soil.</p><p>There is also evidence that those soils have heavy clay content, which is a known stomach soother (Think Kaopectate).</p><p>If anyone is interested in viewing my presentation, let me know and I can email you a link. </p><p>Thanks!</p><p>~Virginia</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vhamilton, post: 1015729, member: 19729"] Thank you all for your replies so long ago! It's been a long road but I'm happy to offer some of my results, while understanding that they may not be the answer for all farms. After analyzing my samples from our farm, I've found that the dig sites had significantly higher concentrations of iron than the surrounding field, sometimes twice as much. I also found a lot of research on uptake of iron. Certain oxides are more readily absorbed by mammalian bodies than others, and the ones found in leafy greens are difficult for the body to process. It's possible that the oxides in soil are in an easily digested form. Our soil is the Evard Cowee complex, a clay rich red soil. There is also evidence that those soils have heavy clay content, which is a known stomach soother (Think Kaopectate). If anyone is interested in viewing my presentation, let me know and I can email you a link. Thanks! ~Virginia [/QUOTE]
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