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The compost piles and growing beds on Wilt Bonsall's farm might lead one to believe that he is an organic farmer. However, careful observation would reveal not only an absence of bags of chemical fertilizer, but also containers of bone meal (ground-up bones) and dried blood. Nor will you find a pile of animal manure anywhere. In fact, for the Last twenty years, BonsaLL has been farming veganicalty, a term and method new even to many vegetarians. He's taken organic growing one step further by purposefully avoiding the use of any animal by-products (see The Khadighar Farm ). So, who's even eating organic foods these days? Apparently far more people than ever. Twenty-three percent of shoppers surveyed by Packer, Vance Publications reported buying organic produce in a six-month period. Mainstream supermarkets must recognize this trend because nearly half of them1 have joined health food stores and co-ops in offering setections of organic produce. Few health or environmentally conscious people would argue that growing our food with chemicals is more desirable than using organic methods. There are many reasons why vegetarians should buy and support organic options. However, we must also realize that our purchases in many cases help support animal agriculture. VIEW ARTICLE AT NAVS

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