Helen and Hugo’s Organic Farming Blog

Watch as the growers from Boggy Creek farm show just how easy it is to grow food the organic and natural way. Discover their methods for attracting insects and what they use instead of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

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Watch as a group of Indian villagers revert back from conventional farming methods to farming the way their forefathers farmed. They understand that by conventionally farming, they have put themselves in a treadmill situation, where each year, soil fertility goes down and consequently every year one must increase the amount of inputs going into the soil and subsequently increase costs.
By farming organically these farmers make more profits. As fertility is brought back into the soil the inputs will be lower. The farmers save money by eliminating fertilizers and pesticides as well as not having the cost of buying seeds. Then when they market their cotton the price of organic cotton is 8 – 15% higher compared to conventional cotton. This group being Fair trade receives a further 20 -30% consequently increasing the price more than 40%!

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WHY THE GM MORATORIUM SHOULD NOT BE LIFTED YET

It defies logic to allow large multinational companies to launch their products in Australia.
The only people who stand to gain from these products are the suppliers of them.
In fact the release of these products will cause increased expenditure for farmers:-
who will have to buy the product each year at non negotiable prices
who will see no long term increased productivity  and who will certainly see no profitability which will instead be enjoyed by suppliers.

The cost to Australia is enormous particularly as the new technology pays scant regard for the soil
microbiology, the environment or the long term future of agriculture

WHAT SHOULD OUR GOVERNMENT DO?
The government should be funding the development of sustainable farming practices.
It is a well known fact that the organics industry is the fastest sector of agriculture. It is not so well
known by those outside the industry of the benefits provided by farming organically.
All that GM promises – drought resistance, less weeds higher yields and better returns can be
delivered by organic farming – and more.
In fact organic farming can reduce water use by up to 70%, uses less fertilizers, uses no weedicides,
pesticides or harmful chemical drenches. It is an environmentally friendly practice which increases
the soil biology, the true foundation of farming healthily.

WHO AM I?
My name is Helen Disler and I have been working with farmers for over 30 years and helping them
farm more profitably and productively – the aim of all farmers. Over the years more and more
farmers have come to realize that there is more to farming than just adding fertilizers to increase
production. Farmers are realizing that it is getting the soil healthy is the key to productive and
profitable farming. They are keen to learn how to do this so that their farms are viable for future
generations. GM will do nothing to address this. In fact GM will only create more expenses
and problems for farmers to deal with. Farmers do not need to be squeezed any further.

PLEASE DELAY LIFTING THE BAN ON GM PRODUCTS

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