Lecture 21

Question 1

Organic

Answer 1

Any synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, antibiotics, chemicals, and GMO’s.

Question 2

Soluble synthetic fertilizers:

Answer 2

-by pass the soil food web to fertilize plants directly.

Question 3

Decoupling

Answer 3

(much more integration) of plant and animal production.

Question 4

Canada’s Organic Principles

Answer 4

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.

Question 5

Practices encourages on organic farms

Answer 5

• 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.