From the seeds themselves to the machinery, fertilizers and pesticides - The Green Revolution regimen depend heavily on technology. One alternative, however, depends much less on technology - organic farming. Many organic farmers use machinery, but not chemical fertilizers or pesticides. Instead of chemical soil enrichers, they use animal manure and plant parts not used as food -,natural, organic fertilizers that are clearly a renewable source. Organic farmers also use alternatives to pesticides; for example they may rely on natural predators of certain insect pests.If the need arises, they can buy the eggs and larvae of these natural predators and introduce them into their crop fields. They use other techniques to control pests as well, like planting certain crops together because one crop repels the other's pests. Organic farmers do not need a lot of land; in fact organic farming is perfectly suited to small farms and is relatively inexpensive. Finally, many organic farmers' average yields compare favorably with other farmers' yields
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