"The USDA definition as of April 1995 is:
Organic agriculture is an ecological production management system that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It is based on minimal use of off-farm inputs and on management practices that restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony.[5]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_farming
"Biodynamic method of farming in common with other forms of organic agriculture, biodynamic agriculture uses management practices that are intended to "restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony."[30] Central features include crop diversification, the avoidance of chemical soil treatments and off-farm inputs generally, decentralized production and distribution, and the consideration of celestial and terrestrial influences on biological organisms.[30][31]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodynamic_agriculture
Both of these terms, Organic and Biodynamic have been co-oped by groups/governments who require certification in order to attach these label to your products. This makes it very difficult for farmers, who do not wish to subject themselves to the financial or paperwork burden that these certifications require, to easily express to the public exactly how they conduct their operations. We are being increasingly bombarded with requirements in order to provide food. In some ways this is not all bad, the problem lies in that certifications and documentation becomes so financially and labor intensive, a small operation cannot sustainably meet these requirements and still stay in business - only the big boys can. The other issue is that the big boys are the ones who most generally end up causing the health issues in the first place, especially on the large scale. If Kraft or McDonald's has a food illness outbreak, it affects thousand yet, they don't go out of business. If I have a problem, first, it may affect tens or hundreds, and you can be sure it will be the end of my food business, not to mention my reputation in my community, as I know it. We little guys have to be so much more diligent. Our whole lively-hood depends on it.
"Mollison has said: "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labor; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system."[4]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture
All three of these concepts are incorporated into the Becker Family Stock Farm. We look at our farm as a unit not as individual parts. We also extend beyond our land border and on into our community as we consciously and conscientiously develop the framework for our operation.
Organic agriculture is an ecological production management system that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It is based on minimal use of off-farm inputs and on management practices that restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony.[5]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_farming
"Biodynamic method of farming in common with other forms of organic agriculture, biodynamic agriculture uses management practices that are intended to "restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony."[30] Central features include crop diversification, the avoidance of chemical soil treatments and off-farm inputs generally, decentralized production and distribution, and the consideration of celestial and terrestrial influences on biological organisms.[30][31]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodynamic_agriculture
Both of these terms, Organic and Biodynamic have been co-oped by groups/governments who require certification in order to attach these label to your products. This makes it very difficult for farmers, who do not wish to subject themselves to the financial or paperwork burden that these certifications require, to easily express to the public exactly how they conduct their operations. We are being increasingly bombarded with requirements in order to provide food. In some ways this is not all bad, the problem lies in that certifications and documentation becomes so financially and labor intensive, a small operation cannot sustainably meet these requirements and still stay in business - only the big boys can. The other issue is that the big boys are the ones who most generally end up causing the health issues in the first place, especially on the large scale. If Kraft or McDonald's has a food illness outbreak, it affects thousand yet, they don't go out of business. If I have a problem, first, it may affect tens or hundreds, and you can be sure it will be the end of my food business, not to mention my reputation in my community, as I know it. We little guys have to be so much more diligent. Our whole lively-hood depends on it.
"Mollison has said: "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labor; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system."[4]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture
All three of these concepts are incorporated into the Becker Family Stock Farm. We look at our farm as a unit not as individual parts. We also extend beyond our land border and on into our community as we consciously and conscientiously develop the framework for our operation.
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