Larry Heitkamp, an organic farmer in Minnesota, sees his customers as partners in a grand plan to replenish the land and raise healthy families. “When you buy my organic eggs, you feed your family and heal the earth.” Yellow Rose Organic

Oren Holle, a Kansas organic farmer, says food labels that say “GMO free” or “natural” can be misleading. They don’t guarantee chemical free or any of the many other advantages you get when food is grown organically. “USDA Certified Organic lets you have it all.”

What’s the best way to prevent water pollution from farm chemicals? Jackie Keller, an organic farmer in Kansas, says the answer is simple: “Don’t use them in the first place!” Her water quality award shows organic farming is the way to go.

Carmen Fernholz, a Minnesota organic farmer, shows how hi-tech and organic can work together. "The next time someone tells you organic farming can't feed the world because it is primitive and low-tech, show them some pictures of how I farm."

What can we do to save the bees? According to Tom Bilek, an organic farmer in Minnesota, the answer is simple: farm organically. “The only way I know to solve this bee problem is to not use farm chemicals. That’s why I’m glad I’m an organic farmer.”

Biodiversity comes naturally on this South Dakota organic farm. "We have four seasons of wildlife on our farm. Be it deer, pheasants, ducks, or bees, they all find a safe harbor here," says Charlie Johnson. "Everything thrives and does well here on our farm."

Harold Wilken, an organic farmer in Illinois, says one of the biggest benefits of organic farming is how well it works for bringing in a new generation of farmers. "My son Ross will never have to handle a single pound of insecticide or herbicide, and that's very important to me."

Paul Graham, the president of Central Waters Brewery in Amherst, Wisconsin, says, "The organic barley we buy from a local farmer is a quality product. And it's a pretty neat thing when you can go from field to bottle, all within a two-mile radius."