Michael Pollan Quote
I was struck by the fact that for Joel abjuring agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals is not so much a goal of his farming, as it so often is in organic agriculture, as it is an indication that his farm is functioning well. In nature health is the default, he pointed out. Most of the time pests and disease are just nature’s way of telling the farmer he’s doing something wrong.
Michael Pollan
I was struck by the fact that for Joel abjuring agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals is not so much a goal of his farming, as it so often is in organic agriculture, as it is an indication that his farm is functioning well. In nature health is the default, he pointed out. Most of the time pests and disease are just nature’s way of telling the farmer he’s doing something wrong.
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