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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> So when I don't see compost piles on "organic" farms, and it is suggested
> that they direct compost or sheet compost, then at some point the 
> entire farm is under a 3' layer of organic material.   Unlikely I'm thinking.

Impossible, I'm thinking. But don't make the mistake of thinking that 
the only way of growing crops organically--without chemical 
fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides--can only be done with compost.

And what you are describing is mulch, not compost.