Rock Dust

Since the beginning of time, minerals from land have slowly made their way into the oceans. Every 100,000 years or so, we have a period of glaciation that helps to redistribute these minerals. Volcanoes and other natural events also contribute to remineralization. In the last century, our agricultural practices and general intervention in the planet's natural systems has greatly accelerated the loss of minerals to the point where our soils are depleted. We are getting close the next glaciation period.

Rock dust is one of the main mineral recommendations for depleted soils. It is a fine powder, generally from glacial, basalt, granite, or volcanic rocks. Research on the benefits of rock dust has been done for over 60 years, with amazing results (see resources). The dust contains a wide array of minerals in small quantities, particularly if it is from a glacial source that has a mixture of many different kinds of rocks. In applying it, we can mimic the glaciers.

Vegetables grown with rock dust are bigger, tastier, and much more nutritious. Weaver and Hamaker (see resources) proposed that it is essential for us to use these products to avoid entering the next ice age.