Scaling up, organic edition

Karen Blixen had a farm in Aafrika; we have a farrm in the Irish Midlands. Insofar as we are farming, we are organic. We are not Certified Organic because we haven't found the energy to, or seen the benefits of, filling in the 12 page Form App21/15 from the Irish Organic Association or the 1 page Form ORG1/DAFM form from the DeptAg. All the successful Organic-at-scale farmers are chewing their beards at being unable to find and lease Certified-Organic fields. Maybe certification-process tail is wagging the organic dog ? Paperwork infrastructure and bureaucracy is holding up housing and hospitals across the land: maybe Perfect is the enemy of the GoodEnough.Our organic is fine for us:Sow seeds in pots in the SpringTransplant to nature after the 1st week in May [last frost]Water on the regular Reduce the number of competing weedsPick off slugs and fire them over the hedgeRemove withered, spotted or furry leavesInsert sticks to support beans and tomatoesEat what has been left by the…