{"id":7315,"date":"2013-02-26T09:15:14","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T09:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.trueactivist.com\/?p=7315"},"modified":"2017-02-20T17:10:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T17:10:16","slug":"bhutan-to-be-first-country-to-go-100-organic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/bhutan-to-be-first-country-to-go-100-organic\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhutan To Be First Country to Go 100% Organic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7316\" alt=\"organic-bhutan\" src=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/organic-bhutan-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/organic-bhutan-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/organic-bhutan-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/organic-bhutan.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>If there was ever a nation that could see the purpose behind organic, sustainable farming, it would be a nation that is composed mostly of farmers. Such a place does exist, and it soon may be the first nation to go 100% organic, paving the way for others to do the same on a global scale.<\/p>\n<p>The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is known for a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2012\/dec\/01\/bhutan-wealth-happiness-counts\">high level of<\/a>\u00a0citizen happiness, but it is doing something even more noteworthy in the near future. With\u00a0Prime Minister\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=4&amp;cad=rja&amp;ved=0CEkQFjAD&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cabinet.gov.bt%2F&amp;ei=bs4hUf0Y5PPZBZuogJAK&amp;usg=AFQjCNGeQCF7pJPwa7pR9w9PI3vH6plGgQ&amp;bvm=bv.42553238,d.b2I\">Jigmi Thinley<\/a>\u00a0making a major announcement regarding the organic farming project at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncsd2012.org\/\">Rio+20<\/a>\u00a0Conference on Sustainable Development which took place last month, the move\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thesalt\/2012\/07\/31\/157645902\/bhutan-bets-organic-agriculture-is-the-road-to-happiness\">has made<\/a>\u00a0national headlines. It\u2019s called the\u00a0National Organic Policy, and it is fueled by the simple concept that working \u2018in harmony with nature\u2019 will yield the most powerful results \u2014 all without sacrificing human health or the environment.<\/p>\n<p>What this comes down to is no GMO, no pesticides, no herbicides, no fluoride-based spray products, no Monsanto intrusion at all, and a whole lot of high quality food available for the 700,000 citizens of Bhutan. Food that, at one time, was simply called \u2018food\u2019. In the statement to other policy makers,\u00a0Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifoam.org\/advocacy\/rio20\/Statement_RIO20_Prime_Minister_of_Bhutan_June_19_2012.pdf\">explained<\/a>\u00a0the move:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBy working in harmony with nature, they can help sustain the flow of nature\u2019s bounties.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bhutan\u2019s land\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/Asia-and-Oceania\/Bhutan-AGRICULTURE.html\">currently supplys<\/a>\u00a0most corn, rice, fruits, and some vegetables, and it is perfectly positioned to begin developing 100% organic farming. In addition to containing a population that is mostly farmers, it also has extremely rich lands that are truly beyond what many consider organic.<\/p>\n<p>Some lands in Bhutan have not even been touched with harsh chemicals of any kind, and traditional techniques are utilized to produce high yields without Monsanto dipping into the pockets of family farmers. This is in sharp contrast to India\u2019s farming community, which has been shafted by Monsanto and subsequently nicknamed the \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/naturalsociety.com\/monsantos-gmo-seeds-farmer-suicides-every-30-minutes\/\">suicide belt<\/a>\u2018 due to the rampant suicides that can be blamed in part by Monsanto-induced financial ruin.<\/p>\n<p>Australian\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifoam.org\/about_ifoam\/inside_ifoam\/boards.html\">adviser to<\/a>\u00a0Bhutan, Andre Leu, explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be that difficult given that the majority of the agricultural land is already organic by default.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The shift is certainly inspiring, but it also reminds us about the true lunacy of designating foods as \u2018organic\u2019 and \u2018traditional\u2019 in modern society. These Bhutan farmers are not growing magic beans or enchanted corn, they are growing\u00a0<em><strong>real food<\/strong><\/em>. Actual food as it was grown for thousands of years. It\u2019s only now, with the advent of ways in which we can toxify our crops, do we value organic as if it were some privilege or act of class. When it comes down to it, we just want\u00a0<em>real<\/em>\u00a0food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there was ever a nation that could see the purpose behind organic, sustainable farming, it would be a nation that is composed mostly of farmers. 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