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ORGANIC FARMING
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Organic farming is a form of agriculture that
relies on techniques such as crop rotation,
green manure, compost and biological pest
control. Organic farming uses fertilizers and
pesticides but excludes or strictly limits the
use of manufactured (synthetic) fertilizers,
pesticides (which include herbicides, insecticides
and fungicides), plant growth regulators such as
hormones, livestock antibiotics, food additives,
genetically modified organisms, human sewage
sludge, and nanomaterials.
Organic agricultural methods are internationally
regulated and legally enforced by many nations,
based in large part on the standards set by the
International Federation of Organic Agriculture
Movements (IFOAM), an international umbrella
organization for organic farming organizations
established in 1972. IFOAM defines the overarching
goal of organic farming as:
BENEFITS OF ORGANIC
FARMING
In many agriculture areas, pollution of
groundwater courses with synthetic fertilizers
and pesticides is a major problem. As the use of
these is prohibited in organic agriculture, they
are replaced by organic fertilizers (e.g. compost,
animal manure, green manure) and through the
use of greater biodiversity (in terms of species
cultivated and permanent vegetation), enhancing
soil structure and water infiltration.
HARSH ROY
The advantages to organic farming are as follows:
-The knowledge you are growing a nutrient-rich product free of pesticides.
-Growing fruits/vegetables that are not full of cancer causing compounds and chemicals.
-Protecting the environment from pesticides leaking into the soil and then the water table.
-Preventing mutation of human and animal (mammalian) genetics, those of which create deformities,disease, cancer, and a multitude of other illnesses.
-Encouraging and promoting a natural,God-intended agricultural practice of a coexistence of human beings and 'nature