Sentences with phrase «as organic fertilizer»

Five years later, the company is marketing mustard seed meal as an organic fertilizer and is looking into its potential to replace chemical fumigants in the production of strawberries and other crops.

Plastic waste is collected and sold to the management of plastic waste, organic waste used as organic fertilizer.

Gardeners often use bone meal as an organic fertilizer when planting.

Farmers have used manure in slurry form for years as an organic fertilizer.

IFTF argues that fur farming has environmental benefits, such as providing good use for 647,000 tons of animal by - products each year from Europe's fish and meat industries alone (they are fed to the captive animals), and generating a lot of manure, sold as organic fertilizer.

In addition, two byproducts — separated solids and leftover liquids — are used as organic fertilizer on pastures.

Not only will they have a dramatic effect on the mood and productivity of your employees, as well as on overall aesthetic impression in your offices, but plant waste can be used as an organic fertilizer.

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Since the garden is organic, it also uses cow dung as a natural fertilizer.

With organic fertilizers a buildup of toxicity in the soil is unlikely, as long as the amount of organic material incorporated into the soil is fully decomposed.

By implementing organic farming as an alternative production system, growers may substitute cultural and biological inputs for synthetically - made chemicals and fertilizers... Continued

Burgt, Geert - Jan H.M.; Eekeren, N. van; Scholberg, Johannes and Koopmans, Chris (2013) Lucerne (Medicago sativa) or grass - clover as cut - and - carry fertilizers in organic agriculture.

Embracing an organic winemaking approach, Domaine Vrignaud refrains from the use of fertilizers and chemicals, producing Chablis crafted with as little intervention as possible.

Besides recycling paper, plastic and other trash, the Atlantis Casino also gives its organic waste such as peels and skins to a company that turns it into compost and sells it as fertilizer to local farmers.

Fruits and vegetables that are labeled as organic are grown without using most pesticides or fertilizers with synthetic ingredients, there is no irradiation treatment and the fertilizers that are used are natural.

I'll water regularly as needed, be attentive to any signs of insect infestations and disease (I will be especially watchful for the newly arrived basil downy mildew), and fertilize the bale on a monthly basis throughout the growing season (for organic growers like me, Karsten recommends using foliar fertilizers like fish emulsion or kelp emulsion).

Soil building practices such as crop rotations, inter-cropping, symbiotic associations, cover crops, organic fertilizers and minimum tillage are central to organic practices.

Diehard organic gardeners swear by fish emulsion but I believe in utilizing a water soluble commercial fertilizer such as Miracle Gro or Peters, 15-20-15 or close to that percentage.

In the organic system, organic fertilizers were applied as base fertilizers before ploughing, and during the growth period biogas manure was used according to growth conditions.

As organic farmers can not use synthetic substances (e.g. fertilizers, pesticides, pharmaceuticals) they need to restore the natural ecological balance because ecosystem functions are their main productive «input».

Guano is prized by Malcolm Beck and many organic farmers and gardeners for its properties as a plant fertilizer, soil builder, soil cleanser, fungicide, nematocide and compost activator.

Cambodia's rice supply is inherently non-GMO and organic as GMOs and synthetic fertilizers have never been introduced or allowed in the country as a whole.

As the battle over genetically engineered food and the use of chemical fertilizers rages on, many people are choosing to opt for organic food where possible, to avoid the risk, despite the fact that there is no significant evidence to date suggesting GM foods are dangerous.

It is advisable to shop for fruits and vegetables from the organic section of your grocery store, as fresh produce is generally treated with pesticides and fertilizers that may be harmful for your baby.

What Organic Means For fruits and vegetables to be labeled as organic by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), no pesticides, genetic modification, growth hormones, artificial fertilizers or irradiation can be used in their production.

Throughout this website, organic is the absence of synthetic chemicals such as pesticides, antibiotics, food additives, and fertilizers, genetically modified organisms, irradiation, and the use of sewage sludge.

Made of organic cotton that is grown free of toxic pesticides and chemical fertilizers, aden + anais organic swaddles are as soft and beautiful as they are environmentally conscious.

The only way a product can be labeled as absolutely organic is if all the materials used to make that product were derived, grown, or raised without the use of any chemicals, hormones, pesticides, or fertilizers whatsoever.

«The spreading of organic fertilizer, another important source of organic matter, is also falling as a result,» adds Wiesmeier.

This waste contains fertilizers, and its production has increased over the last years because of intensive farming and has been traditionally used in soils as an organic amendment.

Heat might be expected to harm a crop (or force farms to move poleward), but added carbon dioxide, which all plants use to make organic matter, might act as a fertilizer.

Although fertilizer derived from human waste is prohibited for organic crops, it can be used for conventional crops and for other applications, such as maintaining golf courses.

«By incorporating this, we're putting that silica back, which as we show can decrease inorganic arsenic in the grain but it also can provide other nutrients so maybe more phosphorous, more nitrogen as sort of an organic fertilizer without the need for more chemical fertilizer.

Whereas conventional farms tend to use chemical pesticides and artificial fertilizer, organic farms employ cover crops, mulching and mechanical methods for pest control, and composts and manure as fertilizers.

And it's not like so - called organic agriculture is helping with that: Nitrate leaching into waterways can come from manure, as in the Netherlands or overuse of fertilizer, as in Iowa.

Organic foods are often associated with fewer synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, but the USDA has created plenty of other requirements; to make the grade as a certified organic food.

Eat organic foods as much as possible since conventional fertilizers can kill the good bacteria in the gut (and have a number of other toxic influences on your body).

Once it became known that plants could be grown without soil organic matter, or humus, so long as there was an adequate supply of all essential mineral nutrients, Liebig used his fame as a chemist to devalue the important role of humus to soil fertility and promote inorganic mineral fertilizers as all that was necessary.

The shells of the Moringa seeds make a great organic fertilizer, and the seed remains after oil extraction can be used as a flocculant for water purification, fertilizer, and even animal feed.

First, as you know, the main aspect that most people talk about in the organic vs conventional food debate is simply whether the food in question was grown with pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or chemical fertilizers, and whether that food contains pesticide / herbicide residues in or on the actual food when you eat it.

Like many plants, rooibos readily takes in flouride from the surrounding soil, so make sure you buy organic rooibos as commercial fertilizers contain large amounts of flouride.

There's a lengthy list of requirements, but one includes that produce can only be called organic if it's certified to have grown on soil that had no prohibited substances [such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides] applied for three years prior to harvest.

This place has an entire page on their site extolling the virtues of choosing organic such as cleaner water, less cancer causing pesticides / fertilizers and reduced soil damage and erosion.

As we continue to increase our understanding about the benefits of foods grown and produced without pesticides, genetically modified organisms, synthetic fertilizers, preservatives, and toxins, the organic market will continue to increase in choice and accessibility for all.

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There are stories such as a two farmers Emilia and Ben, who met because on the site and held their first date spreading organic fertilizer on the farmland (animal manure) and planting potatoes.

Students investigate the advantages and disadvantages of using organic and inorganic fertilizers, as well as the role of nutrient pollution and how to limit its negative effects.

Corn gluten is an organic fertilizer and weed killer that has become popular for use in residential lawns as well as school fields and golf courses.

Fruits and vegetables: To be certified as organic plant ingredients should grow without pesticides, artificial fertilizers, genetic modification, irradiation and sewage sludge.

Bone meal and blood meal are considered organic fertilizers, used in the garden as a supplement to enhance the growth of plants.

Sustainable growth and harvesting procedures for organic products begins with soil, which must be free of prohibited substances, such as petroleum or sewage - based fertilizers, chemical pesticides, GMOs, antibiotics, hormones and other synthetics.