Organic Standards
- The land must be free of prohibited substances for 3 years prior to organic farming
- Seeds should be organic but right now the use of some non-organic seeds is permitted
- The use of genetic engineering, sewage sludge, or ionizing radiation is prohibited
- Weeds are controlled with management practices and lots of work
- Garden pests are handled with integrated pest management practices which include biological, physical, and mechanical controls.
- Some organic pesticides are permitted
- To maintain soil fertility organic farmers use methods such as: crop rotations, cover crops, animal manures, compost, and diversity in crops.
- Some organic fertilizers are permitted
Other Descriptions of Organic Farming
- Organic farming can be described (least in laymen's terms) as growing food the way nature intended.
- Free of artificial hormones, GMO's, and pesticides.
Famous Organic farmers include Senator Jon Tester, Farmer John- of Angelic Organics, skateboarder Bob Burnquist, Eliot Coleman, C.G. Kains, and Rodale.
See also
- Congress hears from organic growers over farm bill - Small farmers seek piece of spending that typically goes to big commodities (April 19, 2007)
Pages in category "Organic farming"
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- Conventional farming
- Conventional farming/af
- Conventional farming/ar
- Conventional farming/az
- Conventional farming/es
- Conventional farming/fa
- Conventional farming/fr
- Conventional farming/gu
- Conventional farming/hi
- Conventional farming/id
- Conventional farming/ko
- Conventional farming/ml
- Conventional farming/ru
- Conventional farming/sv
- Conventional farming/te
- Conventional farming/tr
- Conventional farming/uk
- Conventional farming/vi
- Conventional farming/zh
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- Henry Shoobridge
- Hydroponic vertical garden at Sembradores Urbanos
- Hydroponic vertical garden at Sembradores Urbanos/de
- Hydroponic vertical garden at Sembradores Urbanos/es
- Hydroponic vertical garden at Sembradores Urbanos/fr
- Hydroponic vertical garden at Sembradores Urbanos/it
- Hydroponic vertical garden at Sembradores Urbanos/ja
- Hydroponic vertical garden at Sembradores Urbanos/ko
- Hydroponic vertical garden at Sembradores Urbanos/nl
- Hydroponic vertical garden at Sembradores Urbanos/pt
- Hydroponic vertical garden at Sembradores Urbanos/ru
- Hydroponic vertical garden at Sembradores Urbanos/sw
- Hydroponic vertical garden at Sembradores Urbanos/vi
- Hydroponic vertical garden at Sembradores Urbanos/zh