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Organic farming and you

Organic farming is not about only farming without chemicals. It is also about the environment, agricultural traditions, traditional seeds, animal welfare, farming communities, sensible energy use, soil and water conservation. It is also about you and your family, your health and your welfare.

Photographs (click on caption to see images) :

1) There are 15 types of vegetables and condiments in this photo taken at a market stall in Malaysia. Chemical farming has led to less variety in terms of number of species as well as intra-species diversity. Photo source : Third World Network

2) Chromatographs are a convincing way of proving there is more to food and agriculture than just yields. Chromatograph patterns clearly show vitality and life forces and one can tell the difference between organic and inorganic food just by reading a chromatograph

Indians are mostly - and very strangely so - unconcerned about the quality of the food they consume. Despite numerous and regular reports in the media about the presence of pesticides and other chemical contaminants in food and water, Indians have not been goaded into searching for and demanding food grown in a non-toxic way. We are also very isolated from the food production process - many of us do not have the faintest idea where our food comes from or how it is grown.

While the latter is a matter of personal interest, we need to understand that chemical agriculture operations and the wanton commercialisation of farming affect each one of us adversely, even the city dweller ensconced in a high-rise for whom life begins and ends in a city. Their effect on the environment and wildlife is also well-documented. The cruelty of modern-day animal husbandry, whether for milk, eggs or meat is horrifying and repulsive.

The following pages on our website offer a basic and non-technical insight into the above issues :

Why organic farming?

Organic food

Organic farming in India

Myths and fallacies about organic farming

Hunger, and why technology cannot feed the world

General information on organic farming

On the effects of chemical farming

18 ways how "modern" farming affects our world

Pesticides in your food

The real effects of pesticides

For further reading and a more detailed insight, you should check the links at Issues related to organic farming.

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