I can’t do much to help overcome challenges like hunger and food waste.
Individual actions add up to make a significant impact. There are many ways you can help Feeding America fight hunger. After all, the compassion of supporters and volunteers like you enables the…
Yields in organic farming are lower than chemical farming
Not so. When properly followed, yields in organic farming are, in the long run, far greater than those obtained by chemical farming. In horticulture crops, the effects are even better. A look…
Organic farming is not economical
Again, not so. While certain practices such as composting and mulching do entail greater costs on account of labour, the overall cost of cultivation is usually lower than chemical farming. An important…
You can’t supply enough nutrients by using composts
This is a common argument put to use by all detractors of organic farming, especially academicians. If one calculates the percentages of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous in fertilisers and composts, the difference…
There is big money in organic farming
A myth propagated by over-enthusiastic supporters perhaps. So far in India, most organic farmers have turned (or in some cases remained) organic because of their beliefs. The “organic market” exists for a…
The non-use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides is organic farming (or the use of organic manures is organic farming)
The last important myth is that simply avoiding the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides is organic farming. That is not so. While organic farming is all about maintaining soil health (“feeding…
Food insecurity is not a problem in Canada.
“Even though Canada is a country of considerable wealth and abundant farmland, more than 4.4 million Canadians struggle to access the food they need.,” says Stern. One in eight households and one…
More food is the answer.
Though expanded food donations and availability may seem like the solution for those who are food insecure, there is a strong link between poverty and food insecurity. “Lack of money is the…
People who are food insecure are unemployed.
“Sixty-five per cent of food insecure households rely on wages as their primary source of income,” says Stern. Precarious income leads to compromises in the quality and quantity of food and a…
Looked at gardening
“Often, people have started up community gardens or gardening projects, thinking if people could just grow their own food then it would alleviate some of their need to purchase food and it…
