From the Desk of the Chief Ice Cream Dipper

We use no till farming for much of the crops we grow.  No-till farming, is a considered a kind of conservation tillage system and is sometimes called zero tillage. It is a way of growing crops from year to year without disturbing the soil through tillage. Once called chemical farming, the reference was subdued in order to promote the idea of no-till being more natural.

This minimizes soil and water erosion and the level of pesticides needed to grow things like corn and soybeans and actually sequesters carbon in the soil - not releasing it into the atmosphere.  We of course also use a lot of 'natural fertilizer' - the by-product of having cows!  This reduces the amount of manufactured fertilizer we purchase and apply to our crops.