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EXTOXNET FAQs - Questions About Pesticides in Food
... of the current Farm Bill, USDA has proposed national standards for organic produce, which should facilitate increased food and feed production using organic practices. Are infants and children at greater risk from pesticides ... SOAP! Throw away the outer leaves of leafy vegetables such as lettuce and cabbage. Peel produce such as apples, pears, potatoes, and carrots. Trim fat from meat, and fat and ...
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Ask Jackie By Jackie Clay Issue #102
... lots of help. There is a great market for fresh produce, especially organic produce, sold by the grower either at roadside stands or Farmers’ ... then mulch with eight inches of clean straw, leaves, or other organic material. Any pigweed seedlings that do squeeze through the mulch ... handful of bone meal around the plant and use a mild organic fertilizer, such as a kelp/fish emulsion, when the little ...
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Organic Asparagus Production
... P.O. Box 3657 Fayetteville, AR 72702 Home > Master Publication List > Organic Asparagus Production Organic Asparagus Production By George Kuepper & Raeven Thomas NCAT Agriculture Specialists  ... Instead, organic growers rely on biodiversity, cultural practices, and alternative, environmentally friendly inputs. As a commercial crop, asparagus can be somewhat challenging to produce organically because ...
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Berkeley Horticultural Nursery Gardening Suggestions
... organic fruit-bearing plants for organic gardeners and farmers; specifically berry plants such as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and the like. As you are probably aware, by seeking locally-grown, organic produce ... use of dangerous chemicals such as methyl-bromide by purchasing non-organic plants, and then converting to organic practices prior to harvest and consumption. Over the past decade ...
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Potting Mixes for Certified Organic Production
... Appendix 2. Some of these focus on organic systems;others address conventional production but contain basic and/or relevant information. Anyone who wants to produce consistent, high-quality growing media should ... with its Upper Midwest Organic Conference. The first is credited to Tricia Bross, Luna Circle Farm, Gays Mills, WI; the second is credited to Steve Pincus, Tipi Produce, Madison, WI. Luna ...
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The BSPP - Publications - BSPP News 41 Spring 2002
... wildlife as early insecticides like DDT, that GM foods make children sick and that flying organic produce halfway round the world is good for the environment. All the more reason, then, to ...
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Eating Sustainably - Local or Imported Organic? - Natural Life Magazine July/August 2005
... imported organic strawberries and asparagus when they were in season here! So my question is, which is better: locally grown produce that might not be organic or imported certified organic produce? A: In an ideal world, you would be able to eat locally produced, certified organic food year round ...
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Organic gardening - insect pest & disease control
... us The organisation Contact us Research capabilities Employment Home > Business & trade > Organic gardening - insect pest & disease control L. Mulcrone, Information Officer, Rockhampton. ... 2000 Organic Farming in Australia , Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation; ISBN 0642581282. Organic Produce Export Committee, AQIS, Dec 2002, National Standard for Organic and Bio-dynamic Produce, ...
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Organic Vegetable Gardening
... the organic gardener to employ workable methods acceptable to him and compatible with the philosophy of "organic gardening." SOME EARLY PLANS Consider the size of your family and the amount of produce to ... available materials are listed in Table 3 along with the nutrients which they produce. These include both the organic materials derived from plants and animals, plus the natural deposits of rocks ...
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Making the Transition from Conventional to Organic Farming Using Conservation Tillage in Florida
... to organic farming does not have to be filled with obstacles. National Organic Standards can be found on the National Organic Program ... as rye and oats when the stems have elongated to produce the seed head and hence kill the crop by ... ://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/organic/transition.htm Organic Farming Research Foundation, 2003. How do organic farmers fertilize crops? How do they control ...
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