Agriculture Library Index Albrecht, William A. Loss Of Soil organic Matter And Its Restoration . Soils and Men USDA Yearbook of agriculture. Washington, DC http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/01aglibwelcome.html
Extractions: Albrecht, William A. "Loss Of Soil Organic Matter And Its Restoration" Soils and Men: USDA Yearbook of Agriculture. Washington, D.C., United States Department of Agriculture, 1938. Each year, the practice going on for several decades, the United States Department of Agriculture published a yearbook. This particular Yearbook of Agriculture, Soils and Men , is widely considered the best of the lot. And this article by William Albrecht may well be It is our hope to eventually present the entire yearbook online. PUBLIC DOMAIN Albrecht, William A. Soil Fertility And Animal Health. Webster City, Iowa: Fred Hahne Printing Co, 1958. Reprinted by Acres, USA as The Albrecht Papers, Vol. II , currently in print. To contact Acres, click here. Albrecht, William A. A collection of journal and magazine articles, experiment station and other government publications. Find here what probably is Albrecht's single most important statement connecting soil fertility with animal and human health, a chapter from Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Albrecht wrote, articles he wrote for
Extractions: 5P Syndicates India Abonos Superior Ltda Colombia Acorn Biotechnical Corporation United States AFC Consultants International Germany Agearth Guatemala Agema Consultoria e Serciços Mozambique agrar.de Informationsservice Germany Agri-Waste Technology, Inc. (AWT) United States Agricola y Forestal las Bandurrias Ltda Chile Agricultural Coop. Center (ACC) Syria Agricultural Consulting Services Ltd (ACS) New Zealand Agricultural Research Council South Africa AgriCultures International United States AgriHouse, Inc dba Aeroponics International (AI) United States AgriInfoTech, Inc. (AIT) United States Agro Alfa, sarl Mozambique Agroamb Prodalt, SLU Spain Agroconnection SA Argentina Agroekoservice Ltd Russian Federation Agrothesis Greece AI Engineering Services Canada Al Obaidly Enterprises Company (AOEC) Qatar Alken-Murray Corporation (AMC) United States Allclass Environmental (ACE) Australia Lebanon American Biotek Labs, Inc. (ABL) United States AmPac Biotech United States Anhidra, Consultoria Agroambiental
Extractions: Global Advanced Recycling Pvt Ltd Sri Lanka Grass Roots Eco-Energy Canada Green Partners Hungary Green Solutions India Greenfield Hydroponics Systems Inc. Canada Greenvale Farms Ltd United Kingdom Guépard Energy, Inc. (GEI) United States Gujarat Life Sciences Pvt Ltd (GLS) India HAP Consultants Denmark Homeland Farms Ltd Nigeria Horticultural Alliance, Inc. United States Humintech GmbH Germany Hydro Fog, Inc. United States Hydroventure Sdn Bhd Malaysia Ideas Medioambientales, SL (IDEMA) Spain ILEIA Foundation Netherlands Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP) India Ingeniería y Desarrollo Rural SA (IDER) Spain Inst. Cubano de Investig. de los Derivados de la Caña de Azúcar (ICIDCA) Cuba Institut des Régions Arides (IRA) Tunisia Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) France Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops (IFVCNS) Serbia and Montenegro Institute of Natural Organic Agriculture (INORA) India Institute of Tropical Biology (ITB) Viet Nam Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE) United Kingdom Instituto de Apoyo al Desarrollo Rural (INADERU) Peru Instituto Dominicano de Investig. Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF)
Organic Food And Farming (Environmental Resources) organic Food and Farming Environmental Resources. PAGE index. Environmental Articles on Grinning Planet. organic FOOD AND agriculture (Issue 47), 02MAR-2004. http://www.grinningplanet.com/5005/organic-food-farming-sustainable-agriculture.
Extractions: Pesticides in Food Can Accumulate in the Human Body SEARCH BACK TO TOP All Organic Links One-stop listing system for the organic industry IFOAM International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements International umbrella organization of organic agriculture organizations National Organic Program (USDA) Includes lists of certifiers O'Mama Organic Report Free newsletter from the Organic Trade Association Organic Ag Info Organic extension service;
Related Sites Index Research (NAFR); organic agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC); USDA Current Research Information System. STEERING COMMITTEES. Raw Foods http://www.carc-crac.ca/english/related_sites/
Extractions: INVENTORY OF CANADIAN AGRI-FOOD RESEARCH ... DISCUSSION GROUPS RELATED SITES RELATED SITES ANIMAL WELFARE AND ANIMAL HEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGY CANADIAN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SOCIETIES EXPERT COMMITTEE WEBSITES ... INDUSTRY NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS / ASSOCIATIONS PROVINCIAL AGRICULTURAL SERVICES COORDINATING COMMITTEES WEBSITES RESEARCH STEERING COMMITTEES UNIVERSITIES
CGSB - Canadian General Standards Board - Home Page Standards on the Net organic agriculture Standard Project Performance Management Voluntary Labelling And Advertising of Foods That Are and Are Not http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/cgsb/home/index-e.html
Extractions: Through our Standards Development services, Certification and Qualification Programs and Registration Programs , we help consumers and organizations in Canada and around the world achieve quality in products and services. For more on CGSB experience and excellence, read the Director's Message. "As I look back on 2003, I feel a sense of pride in the progress of a
Puget Sound Fresh Created by the King County agriculture Commission. Access an agriculture database to find upick farms, fresh organic produce, fruits, berries, nuts and herbs by area. Also lists farmers markets and harvest seasons in western Washington. http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/farms/index.htm
Extractions: Puget Sound Fresh is a program begun by the King County Agriculture Commission to encourage consumers, wholesalers, retailers and restaurants to seek out and purchase locally-grown products. Now Snohomish, Pierce, Kitsap and other counties have joined the program to help keep our farmers farming. The program is designed to increase consumer preference for locally-grown products by identifying those products with a Puget Sound Fresh sticker or banner. Area grocery stores and farmers markets are being invited to promote local produce and farm products by using the logo. Look and ask for Puget Sound Fresh where you shop. Preserving Farmland Over a period of years, farmland has been protected throughout the Puget Sound area through various open space and farmland preservation programs. Now it is vital that we maintain the viability of these farms by supporting the purchase of locally-grown products. We want to send a message that farms are critical to the quality of life we cherish in this region.
Mad Cow And Madder Organic Agriculture To date, 30 samples from the index herd have completed testing; results Source US Department of agriculture CONTACT US Department of agriculture, Office of http://www.mad-cow-facts.com/News-Commentary/usda-update-usda-1-19-04.htm
Extractions: U.S. Department of Agriculture - January 19, 2004 WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 PRNewswire USDA's investigation into the 81 cows that came from Canada continues. Three animals have been located at a facility in Tenino, Washington and one additional animal has been located in Connell. The State has placed a hold on the Tenino facility in order to facilitate the investigation. In total, 23 of the 81 cows that came from Canada have been located: One of the 81 is the positive cow. Three have been located at a facility in Tenino, Washington. Six have been located at a facility in Connell, Washington. One has been located at a dairy in Quincy, Washington. Three are at a facility in Mattawa, Washington.
Extractions: ALERTS COMMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS ARTICLES MEDIA ... HOME Organic Food The new national organic stardards implemented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture take effect on October 21, 2002. Products bearing the new USDA Organic Label meet the requirements of the Final National Organic Program Rule, the national standards for the production, handling and processing of organically grown food in the United States. These rules, which replace state and local standards, were released in December 2000, but took nearly two years to reach the marketplace. View a National Organic Standards factsheet USDA released a weak version of proposed organic rule October 1998, but it was met with much criticism and sparked an unprecedented 325,603 public comments. USDA proposed allowing bioengineered crops, sewage sludge, and irridation, which became known as the “big three,” under the definition of organic. Many changes, including removal of the "big three" were made to the final rule. While it is generally agreed that the final rule is an improvement over the proposed rule, many organic farmers and environmentalists have concerns with the regulations. Beyond Pesticides has joined other environmental groups in
Organic Eprints - Affiliation: Organic Agriculture Translate this page Preprint Mycotoxin infestation of organic wheat Köpke, U. (1997) The Quality index A holistic on Agricultural Production and Nutrition, Boston, Massachusetts http://orgprints.org/view/projects/de-uni-bonn-organischer-landbau.html
Extractions: about browse search register ... help Number of eprints: ORGANIZATION: http://www.iol.uni-bonn.de/ Vergleich Konventioneller und Organischer Landbau - Teil I: Klimarelevante Kohlendioxid-Emission durch den Verbrauch fossiler Energie [Comparison between conventional and organic farming - part I: climate relevant carbon dioxid emission caused by the use of fossil fuels]. [Drying cereals and grain legumes with solar energy]. Bioland Haas, G. and Wetterich, F. and Geier, U. (2000) Framework in Agriculture on the Farm Level International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment Haas, Guido (2003) Der kritische Agrarbericht 2003 , page 128-134. AbL Verlag, Hamm. Haas, Guido (2003) Effizientes Stickstoffmanagement mindert Nitrataustrag [An efficient nitrogen management decreases the eluviation of nitrate ]. Lebendige Erde Haas, Guido (2003) Nitrat im Grundwasser: Der Streit um die Ursachen [Nitrate in the groundwater: Controversy about the causes]. Lebendige Erde Haas, Guido (2003)
California Agriculture INDEX 2000 2000 index California agriculture. predicted in biologically integrated and organic farming systems Broome JulyAug p26 Precision agriculture can increase http://californiaagriculture.ucop.edu/index2000.html
Extractions: Jan-Dec 2000 The following research articles, news stories and editorials appeared in California Agriculture, Volume 54, Numbers 1 through 6, January through December 2000. Back issues may be purchased for $5 per copy, while supplies last; checks payable to UC Regents. ANIMAL, AVIAN, AQUACULTURE AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
California Agriculture INDEX 1999 for Sierra Nevada forests MayJune p6 organic cotton finding a Apr New negotiations hold trade opportunities for agriculture Sumner Sep DOWNLOAD THIS index. http://californiaagriculture.ucop.edu/index1999.html
Extractions: Jan-Dec 1999 The following are research articles, news stories and editorials appearing in California Agriculture, Volume 53, Numbers 1 through 6, January through December 1999. Back issues may be purchased for $5 per copy, while supplies last. Research articles ANIMAL, AVIAN, AQUACULTURE AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
Organic Agriculture Websites Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) http//www.caff.org/sustain/index.html Sustainable agriculture information that includes numerous organic links and contacts http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/bdv8488?opendocument
Organic Agriculture Fights Back Maintaining agricultural biodiversity is vital to ensuring long The study projected that the organic system would was assessed by a rating index related to the http://www.pmac.net/O_fights.html
Extractions: I-SIS Report Organic farming largely excludes synthetic inputs - pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers and focuses instead on biological processes such as composting and other measures to maintain soil fertility, natural pest control and diversifying crops and livestock. Organic agriculture gives priority to long-term ecological health, such as biodiversity and soil quality, contrasting with conventional farming, which concentrates on short-term productivity gains. Organic farming has been denigrated for being less efficient in land use and having lower yields than conventional farming, and even accused of posing potential health risks. According to a commentary in Nature by Anthony Trewavas, Fellow of the United Kingdom Royal Society, "Although its supporters assert that organic agriculture is superior to other farming methods, the lack of scientific studies means that this claim cannot be substantiated". But he is wrong, there are scientific studies, peer-reviewed and published, documenting organic agricultures positive outcomes. Furthermore, certified organic production is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of land managed organically but not certified as such. De facto organic farming is prevalent in resource-poor and/or agriculturally marginal regions where local populations have limited engagement with the cash economy (see "Ethiopia to feed herself", this issue). Farmers rely on locally available natural resources to maintain soil fertility and to combat pests and diseases. They are showing the way towards sustainable agriculture through sophisticated systems of crop rotation, soil management, and pest and disease control, based on traditional knowledge.
Green Ontario: Agriculture would be to promote organic agriculture as a more benign form or agriculture. also Urban Sprawl for the protection of farmland and organic and Natural index. http://www.greenontario.org/strategy/agriculture.html
Extractions: What can be done to make farming more environmentally friendly? The first thing would be to stop the loss of farmland to urban sprawl. Southern Ontario has about 50 per cent of Canada's prime agricultural land, and we are paving it over at an alarming rate. The second action would be to promote organic agriculture as a more benign form or agriculture. The third action is to improve the level of environmental stewardship on all farms, to minimize the environmental impacts of manure, pesticides and herbicides, and intensive farming practices. This factsheet looks at the current activities in these three areas. For more information, see also Urban Sprawl for the protection of farmland and Organic and Natural Food in the Buy Green section.
MOFGA - News - U.S. Organic Agriculture Blooms agriculture, Economic Research Service, Agricultural Information Bulletin Farmers Survey, Erica Walz, organic Farming Research ofrf.org/publications/index.html http://www.mofga.org/news20030519.html
Extractions: May 19, 2003 Certified organic agricultural land increased by 74% between 1997 and 2001, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This remarkable growth in organic acreage gives organics the distinction of being the fastest growing segment of U.S. agriculture. If this trend continues, the portion of overall agricultural land certified as organic will double in the next four years. U.S. Organic Farming in 2000-2001: Adoption of Certified Systems, the report that documents this increase, was prepared by the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the USDA. ERS has tracked organic agricultural since 1991, when organic farmers prevailed upon the USDA to create national organic certification standards. Organic supporters predict the consistency and enforceability of national organic certification, in effect since October 2002, will increase the acreage as well as the credibility of U.S. organic products. Despite this remarkable growth, only 0.3% of all U.S. agricultural land is certified as organic compared with 3.24% in the European Union and 2.31% in Australia. Bob Scowcroft of the Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) points out that growth figures need more interpretation. "Acreage is one line in a more complex chart that we should look at to analyze this young industry," said Scowcroft. He suggests that an economic analysis of the value of various organic goods is needed, a type of analysis that may be available in 2004, when ERS will release data from 2003.
Shumacher Library Selected Keyword Index The Selected Keyword index provides terminology for Biodynamic agriculture, Community supported agriculture, organic agriculture, organic farming, Permaculture http://www.schumachersociety.org/keyword_index.html
Extractions: This index of selected keywords has been compiled to facilitate the identification of specialized alternative and decentralist literature that is often overlooked by standard keyword searches. However, your choice of keywords to search with is by no means limited to those listed below. The majority of the Library's holdings have also been indexed according to the Library of Congress subject headings and can be located through searches using standard keywords.
Standards Development In Canada - Organic Agriculture links are related to the regulations and standards for organic agriculture in Canadian provinces BC http//www.certifiedorganic.bc.ca/Standards/index.html. http://atn-riae.agr.ca/can/e3468.htm
Extractions: Standards Development in Canada Standards affect nearly every product or service we encounter in our daily lives. In Canada alone there are several thousand national standards. Developing, maintaining and implementing such a large number of standards is too big a job for any one organization. It requires a whole system - the National Standards System (NSS). For more than 25 years, the NSS has helped to ensure the safety and performance of products and services, helped to open the global marketplace to Canadians, and helped to make Canada a leader in international standardization. To be effective on both domestic and international fronts, it is essential that Canadian standardization activities be based on a strong yet flexible foundation. The Canadian standards system must work to ensure that its capacity and resources are aligned with demonstrated priorities and anticipated needs in standardization. Moreover, efforts must focus on forging partnerships, strategic alliances and sectoral approaches that will maximize the effectiveness of standardization efforts. Finally, a single body is required to co-ordinate the diverse activities and varied organizations that make up the Canadian standards system.
Biologische Productiewetenschappen of the organic agriculture (OAg) programme at Wageningen University. organic agriculture (OAg) isorganic agriculture. http://www.ecostudies.info/index.php?mijnTaal=1
