If I wanted to start up my own business growing organic food, what equipment and resources would I need?
and what things do I need that are specifically used for growing organic food and not regular farming.
First you need to familiar yourself with the requirements to be able to label your farm as organic. A lot will depend on what has been done previously on the land that you want to start organic farming. There is not much in the way of equipment that you will need that is not used by conventional farming. In fact you will require a lot less. A manure spreader is about the only thing you will need that have mostly disappeared on conventional farms. A small tractor with a front end loader or something like a Bobcat, would be a big help in preparing and turning your compost pile. And or course you need a source of organic fertilizer.
Contacting the Soil Association maybe a good start.
http://www.soilassociation.org/
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love and respect for the plant, also soil and water that works the best
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my heart (follow your heart)
First you need to familiar yourself with the requirements to be able to label your farm as organic. A lot will depend on what has been done previously on the land that you want to start organic farming. There is not much in the way of equipment that you will need that is not used by conventional farming. In fact you will require a lot less. A manure spreader is about the only thing you will need that have mostly disappeared on conventional farms. A small tractor with a front end loader or something like a Bobcat, would be a big help in preparing and turning your compost pile. And or course you need a source of organic fertilizer.
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There is a hanbook for certified organic growers. TO be certified to call your product oragnic, you must conform to every last rule in that book, unless the rule is explicitly dealing with crops or products you are not involved with.
Invariably there is a 3 year period of inspection, testing and re inspection done by the certifying organization.
Before you even consider applying, have a soil test done over the whole area to ensure you do not have land on which lead arsenate was used in the 30s through lat 50s. Check in general for heavy metals. You may have to choose a different place to go organic if your test is bad.
If your soil is very high pH, it may very severely limit the crops you can grow organically, because many crops would require addition of trace elements to the growing plants, it being unavailable in the soil.
Soil that has had weed seeds dropping into it do not preclude going organic, but without herbicides it can be an uphill struggle,
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Ask the farmer.
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lots of manure, no fertiliser
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You should avoid using fertilizer and pestcide as well
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