22/04/2026
🌿 WHY WE CHOOSE ORGANIC — AND WHY IT MATTERS HERE IN INDONESIA
Did you know that conventional farming in Indonesia uses pesticides an average of 5.7 times per growing season? 🚨
Farming in Indonesia is hard work. And for most farmers, pesticides are simply the tools that have been made available, affordable, and promoted for decades.
Here's what's commonly used in conventional Indonesian agriculture:
🧪 Organophosphates — widely used insecticides, restricted in many countries due to health concerns at even low doses.
🌾 Pyrethroids, Avermectins & Milbemycins — making up over 90% of registered insecticide active ingredients across Indonesia's 1,059+ registered insecticide brands.
☠️ Organochlorines — a chemical family that includes DDT. Largely phased out, but residues still linger in soil across the archipelago.
These chemicals are used because the system was built around them — subsidised by government for decades, aggressively marketed, and often the only affordable option available.
Not everyone has access to organic alternatives. Not everyone has been given information about the risks.
🙏 For those of us who do have access and choice — choosing organic is one small way to support a different kind of farming. One that's gentler on the soil, the farmer, and the people eating the food.
Luckily, we have beautiful regenerative, organic farms around us that are reshaping what's possible — and slowly rewriting the story of how food is grown here. 🌱
If you know one, share it below 👇 Let's shine a light on the people doing the work differently.
Run out of veggies: we have organic Bok Choy, Beetroot, Pumpkin, Kale, Rosemarry, Dill, 🌿