I’ve been to learn more about organic farming and I am a bit stuck now. For the last few weeks I’ve been reading guides, blogs and scrolling many forums to understand what really works in real life, not just theory.I went through reviews and articles from well known sources like and even some long reads on farming blogs and community posts. Most of them talk about organic practices, soil health, certification, and how important it is to follow proper methods from the start.After all this research, I keep seeing people mention two things again and again. One is about choosing trusted organic products for daily use, and the other is having a solid organic farming guide that actually explains things clearly. Both seem very well reviewed and people say they follow real organic standards. Features look good, reviews are strong, and both look worth buying. I just want to be clear, I am not here to promote anything, just need suggestions from people who actually have experience. If you had to choose or if you’ve used any of these, which one makes more sense to go with, especially for someone serious about organic farming and organic lifestyle?Both have tons of reviews, and on paper, they look amazing, but I need help deciding.
Thanks in advance, really appreciate any advice from this community.
Hello,
I am not sure where are you based and what language you are comfortable w/apart from English.
There is a Telegram group managed by Dr Britto raj in Tamil providing guidelines on Organic farming practices for various crops
Please find relevant links
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I would suggest you do a small course on organic farming from someone like Aakash chaurasiya. He teaches multilayer organic farming. Search for him on YouTube. If you want his number please dm.
Just dont fall for another hype of organic farming which is another scam to propogate and sell useless cheap stuff that you can make on your own without falling into a honey trap. just start small with local produce seeds and saplings, dont till the soil and put DONTput all nonsensical crap sold, mulch with whatever is available locally. WOULD SUGGEST DONT READ CRAP AND IF YOU HAVE BENEFIT OF TIME JUST WATCH AND STUDY THE LOCAL WEATHER, WIND PATTERN,SOIL CONDITION,RAIN AND WATER FLOW PATTERN, AND SO CALL WEEDS GROWING and SO CALLED PESTS ON YOUR LAND.This in itself will make you an expert of your land with no other external inputs and "Gyan” and hyped up products sold to you in name of organic, dont fall for courses , certification etc , Spend 1 year wisely observing your farm, dedicating your time and effort and Journaling /tabulating your observation. IAM DAM SERIOUS THAT THIS WILL MAKE YOU AN EXPERT OF YOUR FARM AND WILL HELP YOU AVOID COSTLY SPENDS AND MISTAKE,The final goal being dont spend or spend minimal in form of any inputs,all you need is avaialble on your soil itself and you just need to invest in basic tools and seeds in 100s and that too in initial first stage.
Coming from a hands on guy and NOT arm chair expert or a organic product pedeller, all you need is to invest your time and effort observing amd noting the aspects i summarised amd mentioned above.Oh and one more aspect dont monocrop.and observe and experiment with plant guilds ( in layman terms crops that grow together in your farm, great to observe what so called weeds grow together, as that will help you know your soil amd what crop will grow together in YOUR soil )
i have nothing to market,sell or pedal to you,.all I have is your best intrest as a fellow farmer, best wishes on this journey, the magic word “Observe YOUR hyperlocal environment “
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