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Organic Farming
Building healthy soils
Some things are just no brainers, like knowing you can always find a lot of organic food at our stores. As the first nationally certified organic grocer in the US, we offer you the biggest and best choice we possibly can because it's an important part — perhaps the most important part — of our commitment to you and the planet.
Farming Organically
"People are looking for something better. They're looking for meaning and value in their lives." So says Al Courchesne, who raises organic peaches, nectarines, pears, apricots and cherries on Frog Hollow Farm in Brentwood, California.
Principles of Organic Farming
Organic foods set the standard for top quality freshness, texture, flavor, and variety. These foods are produced without the standard array of modern toxic and persistent chemicals commonly used on conventional food products since the 1950s.
Organic Industry Timeline
As early as 1920, writers in the US and Great Britain published influential works introducing the basic idea of organics - that the health of plants, soil, livestock and people are interrelated - and advocating a fundamental approach to farming based on understanding and working with natural systems rather than trying to control them.
