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Stay at Our Gbiota Village: Practical Support for Diabetes Recovery
Spend a few weeks at our Gbiota village and improve your chances of reversing Type 2 diabetes. You will be supported by qualified doctors, a nutritionist, and health trainers, while eating scheduled meals free of artificial toxins. You will be coached in intermittent…
The Coach Scheme for Wicking Bed Technology
This article explains the Coach Scheme for wicking bed technology: why it exists, how it works, and what coaches do. It traces the development of wicking beds from early soil and irrigation experiments through drought-driven adoption, commercial misuse, and the shift…
Healthy Food Association: Registry of Coaches
This registry is a simple public list of coaches connected to the Healthy Food Association. Coaches provide their own details by email, and the registry helps connect members with people who can offer practical guidance. Coaches are responsible for the accuracy of…
De-Boggling China: Food, Farming, and Health in a Rapidly Changing World
Halfway through a trip to China, Colin Austin is “de-boggling” — trying to separate real insights from quackery while looking for Chinese herbs, medicinal plants, and vegetables that people could grow in wicking beds to improve health. China is changing at a…
Gin Gin State School Wicking Bed Project: Educational Gardening for Schools
This community project at Gin Gin State School in Queensland brought teachers, students, parents and local volunteers together to build outdoor wicking beds. Supported by Waterright wicking bed technologies, the project created productive garden beds that conserve…
The Future of Agriculture: Adapting Farming to Climate Change
This article is based on a talk Colin Austin — inventor of the wicking bed — gave during a China tour in September 2009. Climate change, shifting rainfall, and rising evaporation are reshaping how we grow food. It highlights practical, low-tech, and biological…
The Healthy Food Association: Growing Together for Better Health
This article introduces the Healthy Food Association, a non-profit community focused on improving health through nutrient-rich, biologically active soil and home-grown food. It explains how members can share experiences, gain support, and learn about sustainable…
Intelligent Control
Why is it that we are in the midst of a health crisis? What I call the fat in the wrong places epidemic of diabetes, dementia, obesity with their associated side effects yet there seems so little public reaction. These are man made diseases caused by corruption of our…
How Life Works
The Two Great Synergies Life is powered by the sun. Plants use sunlight to combine carbon from the air and hydrogen from water to create carbohydrates — stored energy. This is the foundation of the food chain. Plants also release sugars from their roots to attract…
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