I have been a strong believer in organic food since I was a child. But I do have one question: Is organic farming the answer, versus conventional “new” farming. New methods of farming and raising live stock, by using artificial fertilizers, antibiotics, pesticides and genetically modified organisms, increased the production of food and also made it easier for more people (with less expertise/experience in farming) to start producing food. People like businessmen. Answers to problems faced by farmers were easily found in products that could be bought with money like strong artificial fertilizers and pesticides. These products are sold by businesses that are happy to explain their products to “the conventional farmer”, so they could sell their product. If you can’t see where I’m going with this then what I mean is, with these artificial products, farms could be run like a business and not a craft. Since food is a necessity for humans the increase in food production is saving people from hunger. So making the process easier for more people to participate is not wrong.

Organic farming is a sustainable/harmonious method of producing food. It’s a cycle, which is harder to perfect, but when perfected, could be very rewarding. Costs go down significantly since no products such as the fertilizers and pesticides would need to be bought. You get your fertilizers from your livestock and use it to grow their food (grass). It gets more complicated as a farmer diversifies and starts growing a greater variety. Crop rotation, compos, and biological pest control are efficient organic methods used by organic farmers. All these methods are efficient because it’s all done with the waste the farm produced. Leaving no wastes from the farm. Everything is recycled. But more on that in later posts. Because of the sustainable and efficient nature of organic farming costs go down to simply water, salaries and maintenance. On the other hand it does take more time, effort and passion. This is something a majority of the people I know lack. The trend today seems to be money makes money. At Sharq Organic we strive to work for what we believe in, and invest time, effort and passion and hope that money will be the byproduct.