More Than 20 Years of Organic Farming Has Reaped Healthy Dividends for Giltner Farmer
Friday, May 29th, 2009Lexington Clipper Herald
by Robert Pore, World-Herald News Service
GILTNER – More than 20 years ago, Paul Huenefeld knew he was on to something good.
Back in the 1980s, Huenefeld decided to convert his five-generation farming operation to an organic operation.
And it all had to do with Huenefeld deciding that it wasn’t safe for his kids to play in the same soil that he planted his crops.
“One thing that traveled around in my mind was I had a couple of small children at that time (1980s) and they would come out and bring lunch to me in the field,” he said. “I would not let them play in the dirt, and I realized that we were growing food for the world, but yet it wasn’t safe for your own kids to play in the ground that we grew our food in.” Read Full Article »









