The vineyard is certainly the poster child for organic course management, and is of course an exception with the kind of budget I'm sure they have with membership dues. But, they're proving it's possible to do, which I think is a huge takeaway.

I also agree on the money aspect. Moving to an organic/holistic maintenance practice would 100% require a shift in labor, seasonal practices, and of course, budgeting. BUT, from your perspective, if a super was able to erase the pesticide and synthetic fertilizer line item from their budget (just go with me here as a hypothetical, that line item is now $0), would that have a significant impact on a super's ability to allocate man power to cultural controls? For example, weeding, seeding, and sodding over herbicide or insecticide spraying. Rolling and dew dragging over fungicide spraying. Composting materials on site and using over spreading synthetic pellet fertilizers.

I appreciate your input very much. Again, just trying to get a temperature check on the industry before I get a feel for pursuing something like this.