GOCA is the Guaranteed Organic Certification Agency responsible for most of the organic certifications in Southern California. Charles Heerman is a long standing advocate for biodynamic farming with roots in the food revolutions of the 1960′s in Berkeley, CA. We are putting together a longer documentary portraying the overall benefits and drawbacks of organic versus traditional agriculture.
We decided to go down to GOCA’s headquarters and hear what Mr. Heerman had to say. This is just a taste, but the takeaway is pretty amazing. Turns out, people have been farming organically for thousands of years and only recently have we decided use chemicals and other shortcuts to get more yield. This new “traditional” agriculture is amazing at delivering high yields of single crops, but falls short when looking at the important elements of nutritional content and the sustainability (and toxicity) of the soil.
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