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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... grower has their favorite mix . Any textbook will tell you the properties of the optimal root medium : light , fluffy , good drainage , moisture retention , non - disease transmitting . For organic growers , ideally , the medium is ...
... grower has their favorite mix . Any textbook will tell you the properties of the optimal root medium : light , fluffy , good drainage , moisture retention , non - disease transmitting . For organic growers , ideally , the medium is ...
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... growers need to look for a more benign alternative . If you are one of us peat - addicted growers , don't panic : peat - based mixes are acceptable in organic greenhouse production for the time being until viable substitutes are ...
... growers need to look for a more benign alternative . If you are one of us peat - addicted growers , don't panic : peat - based mixes are acceptable in organic greenhouse production for the time being until viable substitutes are ...
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... Growers are encouraged to manifest their compost source and wean themselves of peat - fixation . As the mix is alive , care and feeding means ensuring warm water for irrigation , over 12 degrees C. , and close attention to wetting and ...
... Growers are encouraged to manifest their compost source and wean themselves of peat - fixation . As the mix is alive , care and feeding means ensuring warm water for irrigation , over 12 degrees C. , and close attention to wetting and ...
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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