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This is because a the different approach to fertilization, use of soil remedies to cut down on pests, cosmic cycles for planting, (moon based especially) etc.
I get it so sick, y'all see Hesham El-Essawys name on somethin an ya gotta dis it. It ain't Islamic planting, ok?


No Elvis, you really are incorrect. And contrary to your opinion, one might surmise you or your dentist see my name on something and want to diss it.

Years and years ago Elvis, maybe it still exists, I really don't know, there was a little book called the Farmers Almanac. It gave times for planting, even fishing, according to moon cycles also. This is nothing new, my own grandfather swore by it. Years and years ago Elvis, cow manure was used to fertilize fields, just like 'bio-dynamic' farming recommends to day. This is nothing new. Again, it is the knowledge of our grandfathers revisted. Years and years ago Elvis, farmers rotated their crops so as not to wear out the fields, and even, as the bible recommends, let the field rest in the seventh year. This is nothing new. These methods are as old as human history, and are even written of in the bible. You are in fact correct on one point, when you say it is not islamic planting. It is very much biblical planting, and stewardship of the earth. These things are and have been practiced by organic farmers for many many years. Organic is even just a fancy term for natural farming like your grandfather did it, in that regard.

Perhaps, Elvis, the problem lies not in the fact that I know manure, but rather in the fact that you do not know manure.

Organic certification may be highly suspect in places, but it's suspect especially outside of the US (in regard especially to imported items) where the standards are different or non-existent. Why anyone would buy 'organic' produce at walmart is a mystery to me anyway.