Graham Harris switched to organic on January 1, 2019 after 20 years of conventional farming, and he can’t understand why he didn’t do it earlier. “Honestly, I don’t know why it took me so long to convert, particularly since my brother has been an organic farmer for almost 20 years now and has been a great repository of information and guidance for me,” says the Kildare man. “All of my spring crops were sown late this year due to the very wet spring,” says Graham. There are many misconceptions about organic farming in Ireland, some of which centre on the conversion process. As organic farming is a very different way of farming there are challenges with conversion.

Source: Irish Independent June 16, 2020 01:38 UTC