Organic Farm and Handling/processing Certification Standards and Administrative Procedures: Appendices VI-XNortheast Organic Farming Assoc. of New York, Incorporated, Organic Certification Program, 2001 - Natural foods |
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As the mix is alive , care and feeding means ensuring warm water for irrigation , over 12 degrees C. , and close attention to wetting and drying cycles . Live mixes will be constantly changing through the cropping season .
As the mix is alive , care and feeding means ensuring warm water for irrigation , over 12 degrees C. , and close attention to wetting and drying cycles . Live mixes will be constantly changing through the cropping season .
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1 ) Growing animals in pens far from the source of feed breaks the grass / ruminant soil fertility cycle and violates a cardinal principle of organic agriculture : to encourage " closed cycle " farming systems using recycled nutrients .
1 ) Growing animals in pens far from the source of feed breaks the grass / ruminant soil fertility cycle and violates a cardinal principle of organic agriculture : to encourage " closed cycle " farming systems using recycled nutrients .
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... of a closed fertility cycle . 4 ) Feedlots and big dairy operations share the failing of all monocultures : in an attempt at an economy of scale they concentrate too much of one thing in one place . Too many animals concentrates too ...
... of a closed fertility cycle . 4 ) Feedlots and big dairy operations share the failing of all monocultures : in an attempt at an economy of scale they concentrate too much of one thing in one place . Too many animals concentrates too ...
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| Title | Organic Farm and Handling/processing Certification Standards and Administrative Procedures: Appendices VI-X Volume 2 of Organic Farm and Handling/processing Certification Standards and Administrative Procedures: 2001, Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York. Organic Farm Certification Program |
| Author | Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York. Organic Farm Certification Program |
| Publisher | Northeast Organic Farming Assoc. of New York, Incorporated, Organic Certification Program, 2001 |
| Original from | Cornell University |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2009 |
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