Organic farming has been practised probably since man learned to cultivate the soil for food. That means thousands of years ago. Sure, ancient civilisations such as the Sumerians, Mesopotamians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Chinese, Elamites, didn’t have any idea as to what nitrate or phosphate or sulfate was. Neither did they know what organic elements were such as nitrogen, potassium or phosphorous.
The method of farming that came to be known today as ‘conventional farming’ was actually not introduced until the wartime world where food was scarce. In order to feed the millions of hungry populations, especially during and after WWII, food production should be quick and abundant. Thus the introduction of synthetic fertilizers and farm mechanizations..
