Lecture 21 Flashcards
1
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Organic
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Any synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, antibiotics, chemicals, and GMO’s.
2
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Soluble synthetic fertilizers:
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-by pass the soil food web to fertilize plants directly.
3
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Decoupling
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(much more integration) of plant and animal production.
4
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Canada’s Organic Principles
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1.) protect the environment. Decrease pollution.
2,) maintain long-term soil fertility by optimizing conditions for biological activity with the soil.
3,)Maintain biological diversity
4.) recycle materials and resources.
5.) provide alternatives
6.) prepare organic products.
7.) rely on renewable resources.
5
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Practices encourages on organic farms
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- Reuse/recycle of materials, on farm.
- Crop rotation. -disease/weed/pest control.
- use of composted animal manure and plant matter.
- Reduced tillage
- growing legumes - green manurers, intercropping, cash crops.