Organic Amish Farmers Demo

Organic farming increases among Amish farmers, who find it benefits their health and their pocketbook.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Organic farmers
• Amish
• Organic farming
• Organic food
• Amish farmers

[fyrefox4289]

It may be organic, but Lancaster and the Amish are some of the biggest contributors to Chesapeake bay pollution. The manure just runs off. Course, I doubt the Eastern shore commericial places are much better.

[miriamreed]

That's the point . Organic farmers recycle their manure back into the soil. That's why they are organic farmers. They reuse and recycle. Farmers using conventional methods dump their manure and toxic chemicals into the nearest bay or waterway..

[seancarm]

@miriamreed No we don't just dump manure into the nearest bay or waterway. I'm a conventional farmer who raises hogs and I inject the manure into the soil. I can tell where I put manure on fields because the yields are always better. I use commercial fert and crop protection chemicals. Not all Amish farm organically a number do but not all. surface spread manure is more subject to run off than injected

[normalguyable]

i hope omish are vegans if not i dont support their lifestyles.

[elamzook]

this video is sickeningly sweet. i grew up amish and we used lots of chemicals, bad ones too. it is funny because there is a scene in this film that shows an amish farmer hauling his harvested tobacco...we raised tobacco and it needs uses lots of pesticides...

[fyrefox4289]

The point is Amish manure runs into the Bay? All I'm saying is they need a better means of containing their fertilizer becase it, too, pollutes.

[heyhewnj]

Excellent! Glad she distinguishes the organic Amish from those using harsh chemicals -- which is all too common out there!