Keeping Organic Dairy Traditions Alive – Part II

Organic Dairy FarmingIn Keeping Organic Dairy Traditions Alive, we were introduced to Jon Bansen, an organic dairy farmer. Jon’s knowledge and insights regarding what it means, and what it takes, to be an organic farmer are wonderfully captured in Part II of Cooking Up a Story’s video weblog entitled, Organic Dairyman: The Farmer.

Jon Bansen, and other organic farmers like him, will in time prove to be the future of food. Human beings can’t – and shouldn’t be aiming to – change natural processes. Whenever we do, we generally have to deal with the oftentimes unfortunate consequences of the guesswork masqueraded as the scientific underpinning for our interference with natural processes. Fortunately, the pendulum is swinging back in favour of organic farming practices. Why is this the case? It would be hard to say things any more eloquently than Jon has himself in this video.

Agriculture is a biological process; not an industrial process. Somewhere along the way, we missed that whole idea. That’s the wonderful thing about organics. Organics is about bringing biology back to our food.

I’m fast becoming a huge fan of Cooking Up A Story. Their video stories avoid the monotonous narration and self-absorbed opinion and introspection delivered by the presenters of some other video blogs. By allowing their interviewee to speak openly and honestly, and through careful editing, Cooking Up A Story manages to succinctly capture the essence of their subject matter. In doing so, they provide their audience with a slice of life that would otherwise be inaccessible. Great stuff! I strongly recommend that you take a look at the other wonderfully captured stories on their website.