While buying agro-produce from local bazaars, superstores, or even farmer’s markets, we want to ensure that the products are free from insecticides and other harmful chemicals. To avoid such harmful products, many of us are now opting for organic foods.

Is organic really the way to go for the future of food production? This subject is not brand-new, and policymakers and food producers have hotly debated the topic for decades. In contrast, some data suggest that going organic will be necessary to ensure a brighter future on this planet. Other sources claim that going organic is just a marketing ploy to get us to pay more for items that are ultimately not that much better for our health or the environment. Average Joes have always sought clarity over this debate.

Food cultivated through organic farming can be regarded as organic food. When the cultivation process is done naturally, including no artificial substances and avoiding the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and other chemical components, it is considered organic farming.

Once a homemaker, Rina Begum is now revered as an agricultural trendsetter in her village Mamudpur in Tangail.