Organic Field Crops
Hook Organics is currently producing organically-grown corn, soybeans, and organic high oil sunflowers in Ohio. We hope to diversify our organic field crops and produce but are currently a quite small operation (nope, we don't have fancy equipment). Growing organically is certainly not a popular method employed in our area, and we are one of the few certified organic growers in the northeast Ohio area (please note that the crops we are certified organic to grow varies each year).
While most farmers in our area use GMO crops and pesticides, we avoid these by doing a lot more tillage and using organic fertilizers as well as cover crops to provide extra nutrients in the soil. Yes, we have weeds, but the trade-off is that we are enriching the ground, growing more nutrient-dense crops, and not adding chemicals to the environment. |