05/02/2026
Human Health is the purpose of what we do
As some may know, but many don’t, I have struggled over the past couple years with an intolerance to commercial wheat products, like bread and pasta. I was already looking for a different way to farm, but having this issue come to light in my life pushed me down a pathway that was unexpected, and necessary. It’s become apparent to me that the focus of agriculture over the last several decades has been migrating away from its original purpose, to nourish people while nourishing the land.
Food is often looked at as just a “commodity”. Our focus for nutrition has been based on calorie intake. Why did we stop paying attention to the nutrients? We all know that it takes plants specific levels of nutrients to function properly. Did we forget that animals have the same requirements? No? Then why did we stop paying attention to the levels of nutrients in the food WE eat? The food readily available to us in grocery stores and at fast food restaurants is plentiful and calorie rich, but what else does it have in it? Well, we’re starting to make sense of all of the BAD stuff in the food. Toxins and chemicals are a hot topic, and rightfully so. The ways that we produce and process the food are causing health problems. Why wouldn’t we be concerned about that? Why are we also not concerned about the good stuff that’s in the food? Or more importantly, the LACK of good stuff in the food? Adequate levels of magnesium to improve our moods and mental health, selenium for our immune systems, boron and zinc for our endocrine system regulation and function. Our food is dead. It’s lifeless. It’s…. EMPTY.
How did we get here?
Well, it’s not simple. However, we can summarize it with a word or two, my preference being “ignorance”.
Within the last 8-10 years, some discoveries have been made in plant/soil function. The most prevalent being the discovery of the rhyzophagy cycle. A concept proving the relationship of plants and the microbiology in the soil, and on the leaves and stems. It’s the key to how plants get the nutrition they need. Without microbial relationships, there are minerals that we flat cannot get into plants! No wonder they’re not showing up in our food! All of the modern farming practices work to sterilize the soil and rely on chemistry alone to feed the plants. We now know that doesn’t work for everything. Can we attain incredibly high yield levels that way? Absolutely. It’s no secret our yields are higher than ever, with farmers in America setting new records every year! Is that really cool? Of course it’s cool! Is it practical? Well, that could be put up to debate. Does it benefit our health? Well, no not really… What does it matter if we can raise so much “food” for the world that everyone gets fed and we can still throw away half, if it doesn’t have meaningful nutrition? We’re constantly being told we need to take supplements and feed our animals minerals. Why? Do we think God created food to be that way? No, he did not. The food we eat is meant to provide all of the nutrition we could possibly need to be healthy, so much so that we don’t need medicine because our food becomes THAT.
THAT is our goal here.
We want to raise the absolute most nutrient dense food possible, so that we can improve the health of our community, and the people we share our lives with. We don’t want to “feed the world”. Though, if we could get one or two farmers in every county across America to take on this mindset, we COULD feed the world, and make the food supply stronger and healthier all at the same time.
Sheweee, that was a lot of information to process for Ya’ll 😅
Rest assured, any food product you buy from us will be raised with all of these principles in mind, and we are committed to the health of the entire ecosystem we live in, including humans.
The picture above is of an einkorn wheat plant. It may not look like much to you, but this heritage wheat is one of the healthiest and most nutrient dense varieties known to man. It also contains a form of gluten that can be easier to digest and some people with sensitivity see no issues eating baked goods made from its flour. It also has an incredibly robust and fibrous root system that helps break compaction, and build humus in the soil with its powerful root exudates. This picture comes from a field of ours. We’ve planted some to try and harvest. We look forward to this journey as we discover how to culture new crops like this, and make them available to the people in our community!
God Bless,
Mac - Owner and Operator of MT Farms LLC
