Organic Farming “7 Core Principals To Your Success”
          

                     Learn how to grow your crops organically. What to do to be successful in organic farming.
                     Improve the health of your soil while working with nature.

              Organic meaning “to grow with fertilizers or pesticides of animal or vegetable origin, as distinguished from manufactured chemicals: organic farming; organic fruits.” 

    
           

                                   7 Core Principals To Organic Farming


            1. Soil Organic Matter- feeds the soil. With organic farming the higher the organic matter content the better (normally 10 %+). Soil Organic matter (examples include mulches, composts, green manure crops, crop stubble & more) helps to retain moisture plus provide a food source for micro-organism.


            2. Soil Organisms-the most important part of organic framing. There are millions of micro-organisms that live in your soil. The “blood life of the soil”. They fight disease, prepare & release nutrients for the plants to take up into there system.

                                                                                  
            3. Bacteria & Fungi- If you can get the right balance in your soil with bacteria & fungi you will be a successive in organic farming, with a crop free of pest & disease.


           4. Organic Fertilizers- in organic farming, fertilizers should have compost as a base ingredient. Plus have a good mix of minerals, calcium & micro-organisms to complete the blend. A good food source for organism is seaweed & fish products as they are very rich in essential elements.

                                                
           5. Natural Predators- with organic farming, either when starting out or converting a farm to organic farming practices you must get your natural predators numbers in check. Chemicals or pesticides kill all living insects, the bad plus the good. There are many natural predators that will combat pest if only you give them the chance to build up. when starting out replace every chemical spray or application with a liquid fertilizer spray. Say use a seaweed, fish emulsion, neem oil, worm extract mix as a foliage spray.


          6. Balance (holistic) - organic farming is all about getting the right balance in your soil. A healthy soil leads to healthy crops. Having the right balance of organisms in your soil can make a world of difference. Some crops like a fungi rich soil while overs like bacteria dominated soil. Most crops prefer fungi dominated soil. You can monitor soil health through soil tests; both nutrients plus the soil activity test are needed. With the right mix of organisms you can really bring your soil alive. You must learn to know want you soil is lacking. Then putting back that component to bring the soil back to balance.


         7. Diversification- in main stream farming they farm in a mono culture (meaning one crop normally on a large scale).in organic farming the more you diversify the better. By this I mean growing around 7 different crops. Rotating your crops around and giving your paddocks a rest helps to break up pest & disease numbers. Introducing animals into organic farming helps enormously with the balance of the farm.


               Organic farming is all about getting everything into balance. Once this is achieved you can produce the most wonderful delicious grown fruit, vegetable or animal (meat) that you have ever tasted. The buzz that you will get is because you have produced a product that is chemical & pesticide free. This brings about a real joy, calmness, sense of completion that only comes with organic farming.


               Food that is produce of a organic farm  has higher levels in nutrients, calcium (63% ), iron ( 73%), magnesium(118%), molybdenum(120%),  phosphorus( 91%),  potassium(125%) and zinc(60%).organic food averages 29% lower in mercury than the conventionally raised food.


              Thus if you were to eat organic grown produce you could cut down the intake of vitamins that you are currently  have to take to keep your body healthy.