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Farming witout injuring the soil for future generations is what organic farming is all about. Organic farming is simply using natural means of ridding gardens form pests. It takes a little more work but is more economical in the long haul because it does not wear out the soil. World hunger has much to say to organic farming and its first important statement is that the best way to grow food for the family now and tomorrow is to grow it in soil that is not contaminated with quick-fix fertilizers. What these futuristic farmers want to hear is that organic farming is here to stay. In other words it is a way of life for all living matter, plants, people, animals.

Organic farming has really taken off in the past ten years and it promises to be the cure all for world hunger. It is sustainable agriculture and improves the soil rather than depletes it. Its basic tenet is in working with nature and not against it. That is the second important statement about organic gardening.

The third statement is good news indeed: Farmers and those working with the soil have embraced this newer type of agriculture and now nationwide it is taking over farmland by leaps and bounds. In the United States, the top ten states that are involved are California, Wisconsin, Washington, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Vermont, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Maine.

It is reported that in 2005, all states were involved to some extent. The land set aside for organic food development is not only for vegetable growing, but contains land for cattle to graze where cattle and poultry production can be raised by nationally approved standards.

The fourth statement is yet to be: It is hope; the hoped for results for organic farming is that the world will be able to feed itself in the foreseeable future. World wide organic farming is already making a difference. In a book, (The World of Organic Agriculture) published in February 2007, Australia, Argentina and China are leading countries in organic agriculture.

Yet, the question is, can organic farming curb world hunger? In World Watch Magazine (May/June 2006) Brian Halweil writes that it may be the "farmer's best hope for boosting production and reducing hunger". Organic farming has now been approved by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization since they now too believe hope for the hungry lies in this direction.

Before the world decided to get involved in helping people help themselves, organic farming was not taken seriously. Better understanding of how

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