Rural Heritage April/May 2026

Device Trials The primary fundamental thing is you have to pay attention to carbon farming - soil organic matter and soil biology - and supplement that with minerals and then these bioenergetic devices and structured water technology is a supplement and helps pull it all together. — Steve Diver 9 At the 2025 Acres USA conference in December, Steve Diver made a presentation on structured water. Diver is the farm superintendent for the University of Kentucky’s Horticulture Research Farm. Diver began by describing the three pillars of eco-agriculture: 1. minerals for crop vitality and nutrient density; He framed structured water as within the last pillar. At the conference, he provided a list of structured water device manufacturerd 11 and then shared the results of a trial of one of them. In 2023, a Fractal Water Super Imploder was used to water one plot of radish seedlings. A second plot was watered with tap water. Each plot had the same number of seedlings, 20. At two weeks, the fresh weight of seedlings was compared between the two plots. The seedlings from the Structured Water plot weighed 33.7% more than those in the Tap Water plot. Similarly, the radishes at harvest that were watered with the Super Imploder were 25% heavier than those in the Tap Water plot. Diver said,“we put four radish roots per pot, and you could tell the difference just by carrying them … .” In 2024, the Super Imploder was used to water one plot of 20 tomato seedlings, and a second plot of 20 seedlings was watered with tap water. At thinning, the seedlings watered by the Super Imploder weighed 55% more than those watered by Tap Water. Both Diver and Simon Charter indicated that results are not consistent across similar trials. Some people get phenomenal results; some get none and most are in the middle (think a bell curve). There is more to learn about this variability. No one really understands water. It’s embarrassing to admit it, but the stuff that covers two-thirds of our planet is still a mystery. Worse, the more we look, the more the problems accumulate: new techniques probing deeper into the molecular architecture of liquid water are throwing up more puzzles. — Philip Ball 12 2. soil biology via carbon farming; and 3. energy/bio-energetics/biophysics. 10

Sheep! Structured water…is distilled by the body,in otherwords, we make it! It is found intracellularly (within cells). This water is essential for healthy cell function, and is also intricately involved in healing other deficiencies. – Dr. Marie McMahon In the article “Seeds and Soil for Health and Life” in the February/March issue of this magazine, we met Ian and Diane Haggerty who farm and ranch in an arid part of Australia. They were speakers at the 2025 Soil and Nutrition Conference about their “natural intelligence farming” practices. Their website says, “Natural Intelligence Farming utilizes the intricate and dynamic relationships that thrive within ecosystems, especially in the soil. These relationships are incredibly intricate and adaptable, involving a symbiotic interplay between the soil, plant seeds and roots, microorganisms, and the ruminants that graze on the plants. This harmonious cycle facilitates the exchange of nutrients and microbes, nourishing the soil and creating remarkable outcomes.” 8 They acknowledge that “a holistic engagement with the agricultural ecosystem is required” because the scientific understanding is still growing. They said at the conference about getting started, “We weren’t the steerers of the ship, just onboard with the rest of the crew. There was knowledge in the system.” One of the pieces of knowledge in the system was that there were more sources of water for their sheep than just what came from the sky. That is, of course, good news in a place that receives 8 inches or less of moisture a year. Besides precipitation, there is water created in the soil by microbes that can combine hydrogen and oxygen. That water is taken up into the plants: “every mouthful is powerfully nutritious for them so they’re not working as hard and are needing less water to get what they need.” In addition, the Haggertys have selected and stewarded their stock so that their microbiomes are diverse and they can metabolize their own water in their guts, the phenomenon that Dr. McMahon describes in her paper on structured water. The vibrant photographs of the Haggertys’ sheep and wool are testament to the health that their natural intelligence farming has enabled. As John Kempf described, the Haggertys’ healthy soil allows for moisture retention and abundant bioavailable water for plants and the stock that eat them.

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