Every morsel of food and sip of water we take is important for our
health and well-being, right from the time we are newborn infants. Yet,
for decades our food and water have been contaminated by powerful,
harmful pesticides which have been promoted as necessary for better
agricultural output. But the reality is that we don’t need pesticides
for better yield, and the use of these pesticides is not only deadly for
health but results in expensive farming methods. The solution is to
adopt organic farming, which is possible and profitable, as the state of
Sikkim has shown
