The final principle of natural farming is NO PESTICIDES. Nature is in perfect balance when left alone.
Adopting big-business practices is one thing, and adopting agribusiness practices that would dilute the meaning of 'organic' is another. On the whole, I think we're doing a pretty good job of preserving the integrity of organic foods.
I know that organic farms can be industrial and just as large and impersonal as conventional farms. Sometimes the free-range chickens aren't even allowed outside, and so they cluck-walk packed tight in a dim lit barn. But organic farms use fewer chemicals.
The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out the mechanism that made it all work in the first place.
So organic farming practices are something that, to me, are interlinked with the idea of using biodiesel.
If we as a society are willing to have a preference for organic food, the farmer can pass on the savings.
Daddy was like a lot of people who kind of turn their noses up when you say the word 'organic.'
The benefits of organic coffee are significant, as chemical-free soil is good soil. This extends to healthy trees which result in good beans with greater antioxidants and less chemical residues.
