Local BV Blogger, Joel B. writes:

“Today’s organic farming is entirely non-holistic. It is as far from being ‘holistic’ as any conventional farming. By definition these are mutually exclusive elements, as organic/conventional is a fabrication of linear thinking, the other requires the ability to process enormous amounts of information and complexity found in both natural and soft systems….

…. Conventional and Organic farmers by definition can be holistic. Just the same, Conventional and Organic farming do not equate to holistic. It’s like calling a rectangle a square. These are mutually exclusive, and each actually only analyzes a relatively small component of the whole system, according to a linear thought model. Organic assesses actions and activities. Holistic is a thought process.”

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