Sustainable Agriculture

Greening agriculture is an avenue out of the cycle of chemical control and pesticide-contaminated food and agricultural communities. The goals of greening agriculture are:

Greening pest control

Getting the chemicals out of our food, using pest management that supports the natural ecosystem, and abandoning pest eradication as a tool except in rare, extreme circumstances where public health is threatened

Greening the food supply

Getting GMOs out of our crops and promoting diversity and native varieties, getting pesticides and antibiotics out of the animals that provide our meat and dairy products

Greening soil management

Getting the synthetic fertilizers out of farming and using non-synthetic soil amendments to produce healthy, microbially rich and productive soil

Supporting and protecting integrity of small farms and health of farmers and farm workers

Promoting organic agriculture, green pest management, diverse farm ecosystems that are largely self sufficient rather than mono culture and mono cropping.

Greening nursery practices

Getting the chemicals out of our ornamentals and using organic growing practices.

Collaborating with others working on greening agriculture

Providing support and education for green agriculture practices and advocating for policy