Q7: promote a varied & colorful diet, talk to clients about eating “in season”, choose to buy food local grown or grown in the USA, checked to see the types of growing practices for fish, poultry, beef, and also just be curious and quizzical when making your purchases. #FN4800
Q6: Year round farmers markets to promote eating fruits and veggies in season. Multicrops and multiyear rotations to preserve soil. Raising animals on grass instead of high corn diets to promote healthier meat farming. Those are just a few. #FN4800
Q5: The first article was much more scientific and showed data to back up what it was saying. While the second article was just different people and their opinions on certain topics. #FN4800
Q4: I think what surprised me the most was that there really weren’t any big pros to organic farming compared to conventional. Conventional scored higher than organic on the scale. #FN4800
@carrierd Q3 cont: crop rotation to prevent soil erosion, animals without antibiotics to prevent these antibiotics from creating super bugs and water conservation to prevent depletion of water sources. #FN4800
@carrierd Q3: crop rotation, raising animals without antibiotic use, and water conservation are all methods to promote an environmentally friendly ag system #FN4800
@carrierd Q2: for being as interested in organic farming as I am, I suppose I’m guilty with not researching much about them. I’ve read some sources recently though that say most pesticides are less dangerous than the cleaning supplies we use for our homes #FN4800
@carrierd Q1: Q1: I’ve always wondered if organic farming could feed the mass amounts of people now a days due to the rise in pesticide resistant pests. #FN4800