Read it now! The looming food crisis solved

The secrets Squanto used to save the immigrants who arrived on the shores of the New World may just be the salvation of another generation, according to a new book that reveals how he was able to rescue the struggling Pilgrims.

Many experts have begun predicting food shortages, rationing and even riots over food.

But now "Squanto's Garden" can guide those concerned about sustaining themselves, their families and their friends and neighbors down the right path.

"Squanto's Garden" reveals the little-known secrets behind the survival of the Pilgrims and the native Americans whose help ultimately led to the first Thanksgiving Day celebration.

The information in this free ebook also may challenge what conventional history books teach about that era of America's past.

Bill Heid, president of Solutions from Science and publisher of "Squanto's Garden," explained, "Much of history has been rewritten by the left to portray the Europeans as ignorant of agricultural techniques and the Indians as beneficent saviors. The truth may be much more complex; the Europeans brought valuable technology and goods to the New World, and the Indians generally tolerated them only so long as they could trade for the things they wanted."

Heid notes that history lessons commonly teach that Squanto demonstrated how dead fish could be used as fertilizer in a garden, and that this lesson, among others, assisted the settlers in adapting to their new environment.

What is not commonly known, however, is that Squanto in all likelihood learned this gardening secret while he himself was in Europe.

"Squanto had almost certainly been taken as a slave to Europe before returning to the New World. Upon his return he discovered his tribe had perished from a plague and he eventually lived with a neighboring tribe until the Pilgrims arrived. It wasn't until the Europeans arrived that his future – and place in the history books – changed forever," said Heid.

Squanto had learned a great deal during his years in England and on the Continent, and was able to combine his experiences there with his familiarity with the Indian lands and techniques to be of great assistance to the colonists, the book explains.

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Probably his greatest contribution was bringing Massasoit and his entourage to meet the Pilgrims, and his subsequent brokering of a peace deal with them and other local Indians.

According to Cotton Mather's account of the story in his remarkable "Magnalia Christi Americana," "the issue of the visit was, that Massasoit not only entered into a firm agreement of peace with the English, but also they declared and submitted themselves to be subjects of the King of England."

Without Squanto's kind diplomacy, it's doubtful the vulnerable colony at Plymouth would have survived even a minor skirmish with Massasoit.

Among other fascinating revelations, "Squanto's Garden" reveals that the food the Pilgrims ate probably tasted better than our food today, and was almost certainly better for people.

Squanto's technique of using the dead fish as fertilizer, for example, would have provided the soil with vital nutrients like calcium, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and trace elements that are not only critical to human survival, but also create the chemistry necessary for superior taste in vegetables, the book explains.

With reports of impending food shortages, soil depletion and resource rationing by governments, the secrets of "Squanto's Garden" may be as valuable to this generation of Americans as they were to the pilgrims hundreds of years ago.

For example, recent studies have shown how the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables has dropped significantly over the last two generations, while organic fruits and vegetables are nutritionally superior. Ironically, the answer to the 21st century food problems may be found in using 17th century technology that brought about the first Thanksgiving dinner.

Other data indicate that much of the world's production corn and sugar is being diverted to produce substances like ethanol, which raises commodity prices.

Compounding this problem, exploding populations in Asia are leading governments to pave over and urbanize land that was once productive farmland, further depleting the food supply.

"Squanto's Garden" not only is a collection of little-known facts about America's history, it also is a virtual how-to of gardening, explaining what the soil was like in the Pilgrims' time, how they used this to their advantage, and what basic techniques they used to enrich the soil, which may surprise some, Heid explained.

"We published this book as an educational tool, to help both the new and the experienced gardener learn from the lessons of the pilgrims and the Indians. By reading the book, gardeners can learn stewardship and work with creation, rather than against it.

"Along the way you’ll learn secrets from an important period in American history as well as the real truth about the native American Squanto. With this information any family can prepare for the possibility of a food shortage in our country as well truly celebrate this year's Thanksgiving," he said.

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