Dan Carlson’s system for enhancing plant growth has been reported in previous issues of the New Frontiers Center Newsletter. Having seen extreme hunger and starvation during his service in Korea, Carlson determined to dedicate his life doing what he could to help alleviate world hunger.

Out of his studies in plant breeding and genetics at the University of Minnesota, he evolved an effective system in which vegetable, fruit, and grain crops are exposed to special music and high frequency sound, followed by periodic spraying with plant hormones, chelated amino acids and trace minerals.

The results have been phenomenal. After a period of skeptical "wait and see" attitudes, evidence for the effectiveness of Carlson’s system has become so dramatic that visitors to his center at Blaine, Minnesota, have come from as far as Japan, Jordan, and Syria.

In May 1985, Carlson spent time with the Pueblo Indians of the San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. Apparently one of the problems associated with starvation in Ethiopia and other African nations is that hybrid seeds are not hardy enough to withstand extreme weather conditions. The San Juan Pueblo Indians and their master gardener, Gabriel Howearth, have collected more than 300 varieties of hardy, open-pollinated seeds from their fathers, grandfathers, and Aztec and Inca Indians in Peru and Bolivia, and are involved in a project to provide these seeds to the Third World. These seeds can grow with only 3-5 inches annual rainfall and at elevations of 14,000 feet in some cases. No hybrid seeds have these qualities.

How earth became excited when Carlson demonstrated that the germination period could be shortened and plant growth accelerated. Some plants sprayed twice while he was there grew five inches in two days. Carlson is involved in a four-month Research and Development project on a 3-acre experimental plot, as well as with individual farmers who tend five to ten acres.

Carlson told us that tests on wheat germinated using his method contained 20 times as much vitamin A as untreated sprouts and 5 times as much vitamin C and B6. He was enthusiastic about the implication that these findings could quickly and economically produce nutritious food for starving Africans. Referring to his work with the Pueblos, he said that we may see the "Red" man playing a role in feeding the "Black" man.

Some may wonder how Carlson’s discovery and system fits a program on the paranormal. By our definition everything in the universe is a part of Nature. The prefix "para" has been used to denote "on the borders of" or things which are not fully understood. We are certain that seminar participants will find Carlson’s work challenging and important. His lecture on his discoveries in the enhancement of plant growth and production will be illustrated and documented.

-- New Frontiers Center Newsletter, Summer, 1985