Organic farming is a safe method of cultivation used to produce healthy crop without using the poisonous chemicals like fertilizers and pesticides. Organic farming is a responsible way of cultivation that produces chemical free healthy food and the environment is protected. Organic farming is cheaper than chemical farming. It protects environmental condition and health needs of the people. Organic farming feeds the soil without making unreasonable demands on the soil that feeds the plant in a natural way. Agriculture in ancient India was a way of life. It was not a money making or industrial activity. It was an interaction with nature in the most natural way. But today’s agriculture using chemical fertilizers has affected the environment , farm animals, food quality and health of the people adversely and in turn, has given rise to various diseases like cancer and reduced immunity level.
Chemical farming has brought about:
• Contamination of water resources by pesticide
• Loss of seed diversity
• Reduced soil quality
• Diminished ground water level
• Dependence of farmers on external help due to rise in cost of crop production
• Farmers around the world have grown poorer and have committed suicides in large scale
