Question

How does organic farming help to conserve ecosystems?

Answer 1

Organic farming:

1. Organic farming techniques aim to mimic nature by preserving biodiversity on the farm and employing strategies that promote natural resource conservation. Organic farmers, for example, frequently plant native vegetation across a certified organic farm.
2. Beneficial organisms such as bees and bats find food, cover, and passageways in the vegetation, which also slows wind and water for erosion management, recharges groundwater, and filters pollution.
3. Planting and maintaining a broad plant species diversity can also help organic farmers and producers attract or introduce beneficial insects. By restricting livestock access to vulnerable regions near rivers, creeks, streams, and wetland areas, they can conserve bird and mammal habitats as well as waterways.
4. By adding organic matter to the soil or cultivating deep roots cover crops as part of the crop rotation, organic farmers and producers can increase the diversity of soil organisms. To maintain soil and water quality, organic farmers and producers can control the frequency, intensity, and timing of grazing and forage harvests.
5. Organic operations are often able to reduce their reliance on off-farm fertility inputs, reduce pest management costs, maintain reliable sources of clean water, increase drought resiliency, and achieve better pollination by using these types of production practises, in addition to benefiting the environment and improving soil health.