Organic

Question by Magzifa: How do organic farms slaughter their animals?
Do they use the same methods as intensive, i.e boiling, crushing skinning etc or is it slightly more humane? I can’t think of a humane way to kill an animal other than injection, so would organic farmers kill their livestock more efficiently?

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Answer by babybaby200968
Organic simply means that the animal lives a better life. Abattoirs do not care for animal welfare (although they may claim to). I know of some farms that slaughter their animals on-site – which is slightly more humane as it reduces traveling costs and stress levels for animals in transit.

Mainstream abattoirs are only interested in the sheer numbers of animals they kill and animal welfare does not come into it. Abattoir workers are thugs who I would personally not want to live next to. With two small children (and an extra one on the way), I would rather live next to a Paedophile than an Abattoir worker. At least with the Paedophile, you know to be on your guard.

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Gavin Dandy, an organic farmer at Everdale Organic Farm and Environmental Learning Centre (www.everdale.org) and member of the Organic Council of Ontario’s B…

Question by : Need advice on starting my own organic farm?
okay so i will give all the details before i begin.
im considering taking a agriculture course at university specialising in permaculture, production horticulture or sustainable farming.

my family has long famring history and i had spent much of my childhood on the family farm ( milk cows and poultry mostly) and various farms we have lived on as we moved around.
i have spent many hours quizzing my dad over the minor details of farming, and i believe that once i have my degree/bachelor and 3-5 years travel experience on organic farms around the world, and any orchards, free range poulrty , specialty / permaculture farms etc.

i might be able to start my own slice of sustainable heaven, geographically speaking….
anyway i think i would buy between 50 and 200 acres of equal bushland/ cultivation area. start my farm from the back yard of my house to save on fuel for utes, etc

plant my orchard away from the house by about 300 meters, at first i would trail and error to see what grows well in the soil
after that i would build and slowly expand a permaculture based vegetable patch, at first enough to feed me then whatever i can sell at market.
start beekeeping- at first a few hives then expand into a dozen or more depending on how season, viability etc. produce from said beehives include honey, wax, queens, and i can get paid by the local counicil to remove swarms
and finally several 10 m fence line supporting berry bushes, i can use these to produce jam, presevatives etc

basically a few years of trial and error on the back of my saved assets.

do you think i have a reasonable idea?

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Answer by Rezdis Collins
Practice on Farmville first.

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Question by whydotheystink: Why are big farms better than small organic farms?
I have a debate in environmental science class and I need to argue why large farms are better
thanks

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Answer by Rebecca <3
because there is more room

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