"Organic" Farming and the True Cost of Food-A Small Farmers Perspective

[kentauros]

79. My primary reason to buy organic is to help promote soil health.

Factory farming methods lose topsoil, whether they're no-till or not. They don't add organic matter to their land, even if they till the old crops back into the soil. That's not adding organic matter, due to those plants coming from that soil to begin with.

Healthy soil grows healthy plants, and healthy plants are far more resistant to disease and pests than "conventionally farmed" plants. I'm not sure of this, but I thought I'd read that such healthy soil is more of a carbon sink, too. I'd think we'd want to encourage that more than ever.

I'm not a farmer, and what little I've grown in the ground was a tiny home plot many years ago. I do enjoy it when I can grow something, even if it's in pots on a concrete patio

So, I have some links to share if you're not already aware of them:

Soil and Health Library
Weeds - Guardians of the Soil

I have a link to another site that's kind of "fringe" yet there are some gems within. Ideas I've seen there have shown up here years after the fact from other sources. So, I'll supply it if you're interested.

Great post, nonetheless!