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Hi All,

I have found the latest information on the German Terra preta facility. It apparently is still not yet fully up and running, however the Germans have been very busy.They have been holding conferences regarding the use and usage of their TP product to be known as "Palaterra".

It has already been patented, I don't think that its the real TP, the real TP would not require chemical fertilisers!!! However they are advocating an 80% reduction in the use of such fertilisers!!!!

Any use of chemical cultivation will kill beneficial microorganisms within the soil. However there is the possibility that they have cultivated microorganisms which are impervious to the effects of said fertilisers. This would change the way in which these microorganisms work within the soil.

I have scanned the list of countries who attended these summits, and as far as I can ascertain the UK did not attend, or maybe was not invited to said conferences The vast majority of the EU were in attendance as was America and China. I have read through the various sections, and, as always, the Germans have done their homework.

These conferences were held in January 2010 and 2012 apparently all German farmers have already been schooled on the product and how to use it.

In my previously deleted TP blog I had made mention of the fact that Germany was buying up vast tracts of prime agricultural soil in Africa and that the produce cultivated on such land was all being shipped back to Germany!!!

The reason for the purchase of said land is that it has never been subjected to any of the chemicals used in modern farming and therefore would be excellent soil for their Palaterra product!!!

I leave you to draw your own conclusions!!!

I read some time ago that their soil specialists had encountered a tribe in the Amazon delta who were still making TP as was made thousands of years ago. I wonder what benefit these native people are getting from this plundering of their knowledge!!! Not a lot I would suspect, the Germans have been in the Amazon delta since the late 50's or early 60's of the last century. They are the acknowledged experts in the flora and fauna of the Amazon delta.


PS:- I wonder what the global fertiliser manufacturing companies are thinking about this???

PPS:- Just type in "Plalaterra" on your search engine to find out more, there is a great amount of information on the internet, however its mostly all in German!!!! It is apparently on sale but not however in the UK it would seem !!!!!

http://www.palaterra.eu/media/2/D100...Revolution.pdf

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