What is clean food? I mean what is it, really? Obviously, it’s more than washing off food before it’s eaten. Laura Masterson, an urban farmer, beautifully articulates what she believes is clean food—how it’s much richer, and more comprehensive than merely the absence of synthetic chemicals, or the use of natural, organic fertilizers. Clean food has more to do with the understanding, and respect of a farm system ecology, a systematic approach to growing food with less impact on the environment.
What does clean food mean to you?
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There is a movement now toward vegan organic growers. They dont use any animal manure for compost. Only green manures from plant based compost.
They dont use bloodmeal, fish, or bonemeal either as it comes from an animal.
I know of a small number in the Atlanta region who are doing this now. I would say that goes beyond Organic.
How about using mushroom soil which is salvaged from mushroom farms as your fertilizer?
Along with no pesticides, herbicides, and synthetic fertilizers. I would also add non GM (Genetically Modified) seed. I dont want my plants or seed designed in a lab. Let nature design them the way it was meant to be. ahla natural.
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