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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While there are many positive aspects of composting , each farm must look at the availability of site , materials , equipment , time and labor to make and monitor , and if it can be worked into it's rotational fertility program .
While there are many positive aspects of composting , each farm must look at the availability of site , materials , equipment , time and labor to make and monitor , and if it can be worked into it's rotational fertility program .
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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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Under correct management therefore , ruminant husbandry not only yields meat and other animal products at little ecological cost , but offers them as a bonus by - product of a low cost fertility generation system .
Under correct management therefore , ruminant husbandry not only yields meat and other animal products at little ecological cost , but offers them as a bonus by - product of a low cost fertility generation system .
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