Conventional Green Revolution practices using petroleum-based and chemical inputs have been shown to
cause continual loss of soil nutrients, soil organic matter and food nutrient content. These practices consume
vast quantities of natural resources to prepare, distribute, and apply fossil fuel inputs, and can justly
be defined as degenerative farming. With increased population pressures and declining ecological support
systems of healthy soil and water, the only sustainable and restorative option available is one based on the
biologically-enhancing production models of organic farming.