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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... soil mediation . Organic growers , by contrast , feed the soil ( or root medium ) which acts to mediate the quantity and quality of nutrients and to serve as a buffer . The organic version of the original peat - lite mix could use less ...
... soil mediation . Organic growers , by contrast , feed the soil ( or root medium ) which acts to mediate the quantity and quality of nutrients and to serve as a buffer . The organic version of the original peat - lite mix could use less ...
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... soil exists in assorted niches on , between , and in agglomerations referred to as soil aggregates . Plants growing in soil receive nutrients from the humus complex by the interaction of their roots with the community of soil organisms ...
... soil exists in assorted niches on , between , and in agglomerations referred to as soil aggregates . Plants growing in soil receive nutrients from the humus complex by the interaction of their roots with the community of soil organisms ...
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... soil drainage & acration , opens subsoil ; E = protects soil from erosion ; N = nitrogen fixation by sym- biotic bacteria ; O adds organic matter ; P = makes phosphorus and micro- nutrients more available ; S = improves soil structure ...
... soil drainage & acration , opens subsoil ; E = protects soil from erosion ; N = nitrogen fixation by sym- biotic bacteria ; O adds organic matter ; P = makes phosphorus and micro- nutrients more available ; S = improves soil structure ...
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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