Holeta is a town in the special Zone of Oromia region, Ethiopia. It is located about 40 Km West of Addis Ababa, the Country’s capital. With its suitable agro ecology, a number of farmers produce vegetables for home consumption and as a source of cash income. Workie Shumeye is one of those farmers who grow vegetables year round–in different seasons. Workie and her colleagues used to grow vegetables conventionally using toxic agrochemical inputs both for soil fertility enhancement and plant protection. As the Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) project started in Holeta some ten years ago; Workie and other farmers her village became members of the project. The project came up with trainings and technical support for farmers on how they can implement organic farming practices and technologies to gradually convert their farm into an organically managed farm. By fully taking up the EOA technologies and practices, Workie became a fully fledged organic farmer. She manages poultry, pr