11.   But would-be organic farmers will need far more encouragement and money from the government and the EC if they are to succeed.

12.   Organic farmers are delighted by the ban.

13.   An organic farmer in a constant battle with bugs, he may be able to harvest peppery broad leaf cress, Japanese mizuna and spoon-shaped tatsoi.

14.   Because it grows best without any fertilizer, many organic farmers plant it.

15.   Boil the beets with the skin on, and then peel it off easily, said Anne Goldstein, an organic farmer in Topsfield.

16.   BT, a natural insecticide that organic farmers spray on crops, kills bugs quickly before evaporating.

17.   Bts have been used in sprays for decades, mostly by organic farmers who forgo the use of man-made chemicals.

18.   But many area organic farmers, like Maier, sell their products directly to area residents.

19.   Critics also say that blown pollen can transfer traits from genetically modified crops to the fields of organic farmers and others that want nothing to do with the technology.

20.   David Cole, venture capitalist, philanthropist and organic farmer, uses these coops on wheels to move his chickens where the pecking is needed most.