Gardening

it has a quite specific meaning, legally and practically.
i doubt this little farm has gone though certification, or could pass certification in the middle of detroit.

they might follow organic practices, as do i, but it means something to be organic that goes beyond not using pesticides.
it's not a very useful concept on this scale, really.
nobody on this scale needs the kind of stuff that big ag dumps on our food, anyway.

but i tell people who ask me about this-
we live on a poison planet. that is a given. i dont even want to know what is in my existing soil. i just keep building new soil on top of it, and carry on.
the idea that i could put some of stamp of purity on it is crazy to me.

and i am betting these guys really wouldnt qualify. if they feed scraps to their chickens, and put that manure on the gardens, there is a whole part of the stream that is just not gonna be controllable.

petty quibble, but a personal annoyance. i have a neighbor who buys my eggs, but cant feed them to the grandkids because they arent certified organic. and i refuse to pretend that they are.