The owner , mr ko , started to practise organic farming in 2000 and now grows cherry tomato , cabbage and beet among others in his two vegetable farms covering about 0 . 6 hectare of land . dr yeoh was glad to see that mr ko was able to make the small business a viable livelihood proposition 农场主人高国濯于二年起从事有机耕作，他有两块耕地，总面积约零点六公顷，现时种植各种蔬菜，包括车厘茄、生菜及红菜头等等。
In the evening , master continued to answer questions from fellow initiates , one of which concerned genetic engineering genetically modified vegetables related to the implantation of animal dna into plants . she then invited initiates who had some understanding of this subject to share their views from the standpoints of spirituality , influences on the environment , various species , soil and nutrition , organic crop cultivation , food issues , and famine 有位同修提到，目前有不少将动物基因植入植物中的所谓基因改良工程，师父邀请对这个议题有了解的同修加入讨论，讨论的观点从灵性的角度，到对生态物种土壤营养的影响，扩及有机耕作粮食与饥荒等问题。
Fifteen farmers took part in the organic farming conversion scheme in the year , producing about one tonne of vegetables every day . they have to follow the afcd protocol on organic production , soil management , pest and weed control . the farms grow on average 10 crops such as lettuce , white cabbage , flowering cabbage , water spinach , chinese spinach , chinese kale , garland chrysanthemum and egg plant 年内，参与有机耕作转型计划的农民共有15人，他们需依据署方所编订的有机作物生产守则内，有关有机生产、土壤管理、病虫及杂草防治指引种植蔬菜，每日产量约一吨。
Releasing the survey results , dr . jonathan wong , hkorc director and associate professor of biology department of hkbu , said that while less than 30 per cent of these food products were properly certified as organic , a total of 85 per cent of the vegetables that were appropriately certified had acquired certification from overseas certification agents such as ccof , ocia , qai 中心主任、浸大生物系副教授黄焕忠博士说，少于三成贴有有机标签或声称有机的蔬菜和乾果果仁获得认证。以蔬菜的样本所见，其中有35 %为声称有机的蔬菜；亦有产品的宣传语句或标签(如天然环保、安全、无农药、无化学肥料)与有机耕作或有机食品的特质有关。
Agriculture , fisheries and conservation department ( afcd ) and vegetables marketing organization ( vmo ) have been helping the local farmers to adopt organic farming and intensive greenhouse production techniques , join the voluntary accredited farm scheme , and comply with the legislative controls on chemical residues in food animals 渔农自然护理署和蔬菜统营处一直协助本地农民采用有机耕作法和密集温室生产技术，参与信誉农场计划，以及遵守有关食用动物化学残馀的法定管制。
