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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Categories: organic soil
We’ve all heard about organic products and how good they are for the body and our health, etc., etc., But what makes an organic product, well, organic? How different was its growth compared to other crops and vegetation? Organic soil plays a big part on how “good” a product is. By definition, organic soil is […]
Categories: water management
From time to time we have people asking us about “water management” on our property. We also get a handful of people accusing us online of polluting the groundwater and/or discharging surface water. Neither of these concerns is true! Read more to find out why. Please review the following information which explains why our location […]
Categories: organic soil
By scientific definition, organic matter means “Of, relating to, or derived from living matter.” It comes from living but decaying materials such as plants, microorganisms, worms, and many other things. One of the most common sources of organic matter is household waste, which must go through a pre-treatment process that will prepare it for the […]
Categories: Composting at Home
There are many different types of containers used for composting at home. Some use the massive garbage containers used outside for the collection of waste by the local government. Others use a specialized bin solely for composting at the backyard. On the other hand, there are also those who opt not to use a bin […]
