When we hear governments and organizations talk about environment and how recycling can save the Earth from full degradation, this is not merely a fad or a trend. Recycling is more than just a fashion statement or a political ideology. It is, in fact, the very foundation on which most of our lives are based […]
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Is Organic Farming The Future Of Humanity?
Categories: Organic Farming
Last month, Britain’s Prince Charles spoke at the 70t anniversary of the Soil Association in London and talked about how the future of humanity now depends on organic farming. Although there are still debates on the importance of organic farming or at least, how important it is in today’s society, we cannot deny the fact […]
5 Basic Methods of Organic Farming
Categories: Organic Farming
People are now falling easily to chronic diseases primarily because of the amount of pesticides and fertilizers they unknowingly take through the food that they consume. Of course, no one would ever want to consciously consume these chemicals, but that can’t be helped since organic farming methods allow the use of a number of chemicals, […]
The Keys to Understanding The Importance of Organic Farming
Categories: Organic Farming
The value placed on organic farming and agriculture largely depends on how society sees it as a whole. For many, organic products are good because they either have high nutritional values or they do not use chemical products such as pesticides and insecticides. While both of these notions are true, there is so much more […]
How To Start Going Organic By Buying Organic Farming Produce
Categories: Organic Farming
You know that buying organic farming products is better for you and still, you are not doing it. Why? You’re not quite sure where to start and how to go about it. There are more than 600 chemicals registered with the United States for agricultural use, so you can only imagine how much of those […]
Is Organic Production Sufficient For Food Supply?
Categories: Organic Farming
The way to understand the basic policies and the ethical considerations for organic production is to determine its values. There are three basic values under which organic farming falls under—sufficient, healthy, and sustainable. To better focus on the importance of organic food production for societies, we need to take a look further into whether it […]
The Key Features of Organic Farming
Categories: Organic Farming
When you pass by a farm or want to buy directly from a farm, how would you know that one is organic and the other is a conventional farm? Are there any tell-tale signs that would glaringly point out to you that a particular farm is organic and not? The basic feature of an organic […]
The 4 Principles of Organic Farming
Categories: Organic Farming
To fully understand organic farming and production, you need to get to know the principles that guide it. Organic farming is more than just not using pesticides, chemicals, genetically modified organisms, antibiotics, and growth hormones. It is a holistic system that aims to maximize the productivity and the diversity of the agro-ecosystem, including the people […]
Understanding Organic Farming and Organic Production
Categories: Organic Farming
The key to understanding organic farming and organic production is getting to know the processes and the principles that guide them. Contrary to popular belief, organic farming is more than just not using pesticides and other chemicals to grow your crops. Organic farming and production is a “holistic system” that aims to maximize the functions […]
The Environmental Benefits of Organic Food Production
Categories: organic food
For many doubters and naysayers, organic food production has yet to prove its mettle of being more beneficial to the environment than conventional food producers. When we say conventional, this means using commercial-grade fertilizers on crops and vegetation to produce food. This means using conventional machineries to grow food. The reason why there is such […]