Farming performed without using chemical substances or pesticides in processes such as growing crops, collecting, harvesting, cutting, processing, classification, packaging, labeling, conservation, storage, transportation, as well as other processes until agricultural product reaches costumer is called “organic farming”.
According to the description in the website of Ecological Farming Organization Association (ETO Ekolojik Tarım Organizasyonu Derneği,see the website here http://www.eto.org.tr/), ecological farming is an alternative growing method which aims to conserve natural balance that is disturbed because of misapplications in agricultural production. Thanks to this method, yield and quality sustainability is provided without using synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, growth substances and genetically modified organisms (GMO).