Why More Farmers Should Be Growing Organic Vegetables

By Leslie Griffith


There is a global trend towards a more healthy lifestyle. This incorporates the physical activity in which people engage as well as the food that they consume.An all natural farm, is one of the best ways to ensure that you consume healthy, chemical free food. It also has its financial benefits. This is why so many people are interested in growing organic vegetables.

The soil within which the food will be planted plays a crucial role in its definition as having been organically grown. Care must be taken to ensure that the land selected for planting has not been contaminated by harmful chemicals. This often happens through industrial and residential dumping as well as chemical spills. Once the safety of the soil has been established, attention can be turned to preparing it for planting.

Composting ensures that the land has a healthy mix of nutrients needed to sustain the plants. This process essentially involves the use of natural fermenting environments that allow biodegradable waste to break down and transform into natural fertilizer. This helps by saving farmers lots of money as it eliminates or reduces their reliance on expensive commercial fertilizers.

Commercial pest control products have the potential to make food unsafe. This is why most commercial pest control products have specified periods for use and restrictions on reaping within a certain time after application. Quite often, if food is reaped and consumed within a certain period after application, serious health complications follow. There are, however, safer, more natural means of keeping pests away from plants and ensuring that you reap a bountiful harvest.

A number of naturally occurring substances and items help to keep pests away from vegetables. Garlic, a common seasoning used in meal preparation, is known to repel certain garden pests. Ashes does a similar job with destructive snails. If it is sprinkled around the perimeter of the farm area, the snails will be discouraged from entering.

Using the tools that nature provides is a cost effective means of securing the plants in the garden or farm area. This is so because it lessens the need for the (often dangerous and chemical laced) pesticides that are sold on the market. Additionally, the health of the applier and the consumer get spared from exposure to the chemicals of pesticides that are laden with harmful chemicals.

Harvesting must also be done organically. This means avoiding chemical at this stage in order to ensure that the organically grown status of the crop is not compromised. If, for instance, preservation is needed, natural means of getting this done must be used. Using chemical preservatives, at this point would cancel out all the work put into cultivating the natural way.

Without a doubt growing organic vegetables is the way to go if you are concerned about your financial resources as well as your health and that of others. Those who embrace this cultivation technique are doing themselves and the world at large a remarkable favor. They are helping to promote cost effective, nature friendly living which pays off in the long run.




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