Originally published on www.naturallylocal.blogspot.com by Lucinda Clark
In our world, as we
know it, everything
works in tandem. For
every action there
is a reaction, for every cause there is
an effect, and every
ebb has a flow.
The choosing of
organics keeps these
natural processes in
harmony and balance.
This is because
organic agriculture
at its core, seeks
to work with the
natural occurring
elements of nature.
It is not reliant on
synthetics, created
by man in a lab,
which although they
may increase per
acre production of
crops, they also
have hazardous
effects on
microbiology of the
soil, our water
supply, our health,
and wildlife.
As humans at the top
of the food chain we
have a
responsibility to
keep from damaging
or depleting the
bottom of the food
chain. Otherwise,
our cockiness with
be our downfall.
By choosing organics
we can stop running
around fixing
problems we,
ourselves, created.
We can stop creating
chemicals to kill
things whose purpose
we don't completely
grasp only to turn
around, after we
have removed them
from existence, and
realize their use,
to create a new
chemical to take
their place.
By choosing organics
we can support an
agriculture system
that seeks to work
in tandem with
nature to keep our
resources free from
mutilation and our
families fed.
In my opinion, our
food supply issues
in the world are not
a matter of per acre
production but
rather a logistics
issue. So instead of
wasting such great
intellectual talent
on creating
chemicals in a lab,
let’s better utilize
that talent by
putting people to
work on logistical
issues such as:
-
Putting unused acres into production
-
Shortening the farm to table miles so we don't have food wasted in transport
-
Creating markets for farmers who choose to produce food consumable in its natural state rather than government subsidized markets created for field corn which must be altered before we consume it
-
Teaching farmers to farm organically
-
Getting the surplus that, if we put all of our unused acres into production, we most definitely will have to those in need.
Cheers and Happy Eats!
Lucinda
