Natural Farming And Steps Involved In Natural Farming
What is Natural Farming?
Natural farming is a method of crop and farm animals production that involves much more than choosing not to use pesticides, fertilizers, genetically modified organisms, antibiotics and growth hormones. The principle aim of organic production is to develop activities that are harmonious with the environment.
Steps involved in Natural Farming.
It is just not simple and at a flash of an idea that you can start organic farming. There is a lot of procedure involved in it and it would take a minimum of 3 years to get your soil ready to cultivate products organically or naturally.
The most important aspect and the first step is to gather information from various means on what exactly is meant by natural farming. There are various means of gathering information like internet, news paper articles, radio, interaction with farmers who are already into it, watching related videos or by attending training sessions.
Important things a farmer who wishes to shift to organic farming to should know are
- Ways to improve soil fertility
- Ways to keep crops healthy
- Ways to increase diversity in the farm
- Ways to keep the live stock healthy
To be able to value the natural products and to know the ways to sell them
After this, a farmer would come to know that it is a long process to turn your soil fit for natural farming organic farming.
So let us know what are actually the practices which help turn your soil fit for natural or organic cultivation in our next blog post.