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Organic farming, composting and lifetime value?

Asked by royals (19points) November 5th, 2018

Okay so.. I’m thinking of starting to compost for an organic farm.. now I have no experience in doing so. Farming and all in general.

I started reading https://decompose.co and howtocompost for the basics

but they don’t talk about lifetime value of composting and organic farming, can anyone help me with that?

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elbanditoroso's avatar

Is well-meaning spam still spam?

royals's avatar

what do you mean?

LadyMarissa's avatar

With my physical disability, my limitations are such that I’m NOT able to take on farming!!! YouTube has a bunch of informative videos that can answer your questions.

Caravanfan's avatar

Organic farming is a good way make money selling to rich white people and a good way to increase the amount of people dying from starvation in the world.

LadyMarissa's avatar

^ It’s also an excellent way to eat healthier!!! :)

Caravanfan's avatar

@LadyMarissa No, it’s not, actually. There is absolutly no evidence that organic food is any more or less healthy than nonorganic food. It’s just more expensive.

Zaku's avatar

@royals What do you mean by “lifetime value”?

@Caravanfan I’ve been buying as many ingredients as I can use from local farmers, and I have to say the flavor and quality is obvious, loud and clear. If it’s not healthier, I’ll eat my hat! (Well, just as an expression.) If you think it’s not healthier to eat fresh ingredients farmed by hand using varieties picked for flavor rather than for shelf life, I am certain you are incorrect about that.

royals's avatar

@zaku the amount of effort x returns

I see it’s really just putting organic matters in a pile, definitely worth it

LadyMarissa's avatar

IF the organic product comes from a corporate farm, I tend to agree with @Caravanfan. On the other side, IF the organic food is locally grown & hand raised by a homesteader or local small farm farmer, I agree with @Zaku & @royals. The ONLY exception that I can think of is now that Monsanto has a deal that ALL seeds are GMO’d by them, then very little is healthy anymore!!! Some homesteaders save the seeds from their current crop so they can plant their next crop. I’ve NEVER heard how long it will take to purify the GMO status of the original seed..can only assume that it can occur!!!

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