We would be happy to discuss our practices in more detail. Instead of just dumping the water, we pump it into another tank outside where we use it to water our outdoor crops. We use these tanks anywhere from one to four weeks before changing out & making a new batch. Which means, we have a tank of nutrient rich water that is fed to the plants through pumps & plumbing, then drained & collected, and returned back to the tank. In our indoor hydroponic garden, we use a recirculating method of watering our crops. our HEART and SOUL into everything we DO to make our HENS as HAPPY as possible, and our EGGS the TASTIEST on the market. This style of farming will help us to restore biodiversity & organic matter to the soil while growing nutrient dense foods, reducing runoff, erosion, & inputs, increasing moisture retention, decreasing weed, disease, & pest pressures, & reducing our carbon emissions. Find HAPPY HENS in an Rainbow Acres near you For A Complete List Of Store. In the field, we are working towards regenerative agriculture. We also use the help of beneficial insects to control the pest populations. Apart from that limited ingredients that we cannot grow in M.P due to temperature. We do use natural & OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute) approved products to help deter & control pests. All the vegetables and fruits that are pickled are gorwn at our farms. We do not use herbicides or chemical pesticides. However, we do incorporate organic & natural growing practices into our growing methods to increase our sustainability while decreasing our footprint.