What does organic mean to organic farmers?
Jay Uhler, Peace & Carrots Farm, Chester, NY
I feel like farming by spraying chemicals on your plants just goes against the whole thing. I don’t understand how you can be a steward of the land, and taking care of it, and then poison everything you don’t want here. It doesn’t make any sense.
Organic is when you plant something in the ground and you don’t mess with it. You just let it grow and it comes up. You don’t need to add anything to it, just sun and water, and care for it.
It’s just awesome to be out in the field, working, being able to eat fresh stuff—that feels so good. It’s hard, and your body feels tired, and your skin is burnt from the sun, or wet from the rain, but you feel that you accomplished something and don’t feel like you wasted any time. Every day after I finish work, I feel that it was a good day.