DALAM menjawab tantangan globalisasi dan trend permintaan konsumen maupun pasar dunia yang berkembang saat ini yang mulai sangat peduli terhadap produk-produk yang bebas residu kimia, ramah lingkungan dan menyehatkan seperti produk pertanian organik.

IN answer the challenges of globalization and trends in consumer demand and a growing world market today that started very concerned about the products free of chemical residue, environmental friendly and healthy as organic agricultural products. (English translation below.)

Bali is on track to become a leading producer of organic farm products after several local farmers' groups gained popular recognition and formal certification, an official says.

Chemical fertilizers are excessively used in plantations and farms throughout Indonesia, damaging the environment and leading to the emergence of various diseases.

The Bali administration has announced it would allocate Rp 10.3 billion ($1.1 million) to help local farmers adopt organic farming methods by 2013.

Emilia Nursanti Wibisono, or Santi, is one of the more well-known proponents of the organic food movement here in Jakarta. Her introduction to organic food came in 2001, when her son, Kay, a toddler at the time, was diagnosed as a special-needs child.

As prices of fuels and chemical fertilizers soar, the idea of "going organic" becomes more attractive to rice farmers in rural Java.

Farmers in Karanglo subdistrict, Polanharjo district, Klaten regency, Central Java, have decided to gradually switch to a sustainable farming system by starting to plant organic rice this planting season, subdistrict head Yudi Kusnandar has said.

Organic and non-organic food. Is this all in the labels?

Chemical fertilizers are excessively used in plantations and farms throughout Indonesia, damaging the environment and leading to the emergence of various diseases.