Organic Farming - Organic Farming Systems
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Organic Farming Systems
There are different organic farming systems. Biodynamic farming is a comprehensive approach, with its own international governing body. The Fukuoka method focusses on a minimum of mechanical cultivation and labor for grain crops. There is the French intensive method, biointensive farming, and other approaches, some strictly organic, others simply well-suited to organic principles. A farm may choose to adopt a particular method, or mix and match useful techniques.
Organic and conventional farming methods are quite different, however, large-scale agriculture and organic farming are not mutually exclusive. For example, Integrated Pest Management is a multifaceted strategy, that can include synthetic pesticides as a last resort - both organic and conventional farms use IPM systems for pest control.
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