Agriculture
- What Is Organic Gardening?
Organic gardening is not just a matter of replacing chemicals such as artificial fertilizers and pesticides with more natural products, as it is often simplistically described. There is a great deal more to it than that, in both theory and practice.Basic...
- Using Pesticides To Grow Organic Crops
By Dan Stone of National Geographic Magazine in Change Reaction on December 4, 2012Is it possible to grow organic fruits using pesticides, insecticides, and fungicides? That?s the question I took to Pam Marrone, an agricultural researcher in Davis,...
- Going Organic
?Going Organic? As this article will show, ?going organic? is not simply a question of changing your brand of pesticide or fertilizer (though you may well do this). It involves a change of approach, treating the garden as a complete entity where natural...
- What Is Organic Farming?
Organic farming management relies on developing biological diversity in the field to disrupt habitat for pest organisms, and the purposeful maintenance and replenishment of soil fertility. Organic farmers are not allowed to use synthetic...
- Organic Food Production Doubled
Organic food production in the country more than doubled to 3.8 million tonne in 2010-11, even as the area under the chemicals-free cultivation shrank. Area under organic farming declined 3% to 4.42 million hectares in last fiscal, official data showed....
Agriculture
The organic way: an introduction
| organic methods allow you to create any garden you want. in times of growing concern about environmental damage and climate change, they provide practical and effective solutions for managing any planted space. |  |
 | From food to flowers Their concern was, in particular, for healthy food production, and it is in the area of food production that organic growing is most advanced. But organic methods are not just for the fruit and vegetable patch. they can be applied to all areas of the yard, from lawns to shrubs to windowsills. |
| The future is organicthe last decade has seen a phenomenal rise in interest in all things organic. the organic movement?for a long time an energetic, committed, active, but relatively small group of enthusiasts?has really come of age. organic food is widely available both in supermarkets and in specialty stores; many governments are supporting organic farming and research; and more and more people are turning to organic methods of gardening. |  |
 | Every time there is another food scare, or the dangers of another pesticide come to light, more people turn to eating, and growing, organically. As the effects of climate change become more obvious, and we are encouraged to reduce our ?carbon footprint,? organic gardening offers practical ways in which we can do this in the garden. |
- What Is Organic Gardening?
Organic gardening is not just a matter of replacing chemicals such as artificial fertilizers and pesticides with more natural products, as it is often simplistically described. There is a great deal more to it than that, in both theory and practice.Basic...
- Using Pesticides To Grow Organic Crops
By Dan Stone of National Geographic Magazine in Change Reaction on December 4, 2012Is it possible to grow organic fruits using pesticides, insecticides, and fungicides? That?s the question I took to Pam Marrone, an agricultural researcher in Davis,...
- Going Organic
?Going Organic? As this article will show, ?going organic? is not simply a question of changing your brand of pesticide or fertilizer (though you may well do this). It involves a change of approach, treating the garden as a complete entity where natural...
- What Is Organic Farming?
Organic farming management relies on developing biological diversity in the field to disrupt habitat for pest organisms, and the purposeful maintenance and replenishment of soil fertility. Organic farmers are not allowed to use synthetic...
- Organic Food Production Doubled
Organic food production in the country more than doubled to 3.8 million tonne in 2010-11, even as the area under the chemicals-free cultivation shrank. Area under organic farming declined 3% to 4.42 million hectares in last fiscal, official data showed....