Organic Farm and Handling/processing Certification Standards and Administrative Procedures: Appendices V-XNortheast Organic Farming Assoc. of New York, Incorporated, Organic Certification Program, 1999 - Natural foods |
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... carbon to nitrogen ratios , ( C / N ratio ) . Nitrogen is a principle constituent of the compounds that comprise humus ( as it is of air and protein ) . Carbon is the energy source for the metabolic process that converts raw organic ...
... carbon to nitrogen ratios , ( C / N ratio ) . Nitrogen is a principle constituent of the compounds that comprise humus ( as it is of air and protein ) . Carbon is the energy source for the metabolic process that converts raw organic ...
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... carbon , or anything else ! As simple as this process is , it's as complex as all life . Experience is the teacher . The size and shape of the pile are also factors as the surface area in windrows larger than 5 ' high x 5 ' wide won't ...
... carbon , or anything else ! As simple as this process is , it's as complex as all life . Experience is the teacher . The size and shape of the pile are also factors as the surface area in windrows larger than 5 ' high x 5 ' wide won't ...
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ADJUVANTS Alchemy Institute Alchemy Quarterly ALTERNATIVES TO CONFINEMENT/FEEDLOT animals Appendix applicator Aug-Sept B-P VH Apr-May Biodynamic Farming blend of materials C/N ratio cash-grain chemical commercial COMPOST BASICS Compostable materials CONFINEMENT/FEEDLOT MEAT PRODUCTION contains cover crops David Stern DEC office Department of Environmental Environmental Conservation Farm Composting farmers Fava bean Feedlot agriculture feedlot system Fish oils FOLIAR FEED forage fungus Grass Green Manures greensand hardy humus ingredients July-Aug leaf mold legume LF Apr-May livestock loader mature compost moisture mushroom nitrogen NOFA-NY Certification Standards Northeast nutrients Oats ORGANIC GREENHOUSE PRODUCTION organic growers organic matter overwinters P.O. Box peat moss peat-based peat-lite mix pesticide phosphate pile plant Potassium hydroxide potting mix problem recycling ruminant diets ruminant husbandry Ryegrass samples sand Schonbeck seeding rates soaps Sodium Sodium hydroxide SPREADER STICKERS Spring/Summer 1990 standard of scale sustainable agriculture Sweetclover U.S. Dept vermiculite Vetch visible wetting WETTING AGENTS windrow winter