Training government research and extension agencies in organic agriculture in order to allow inclusion
of organic principles in extension programmes.
Not exact matches
«As the market for natural and
organic foods and nutritional supplements continues to grow, having a story based on a set
of founding
principles that have guided us throughout our 60 year history... helps when talking to investors,» Kemper Isley, co-president
of the company, and son
of the founders Margaret and Philip Isley, said in an email.
the negation
of ideology, the political secularization
of the doctrine
of original sin, the cautious sentiment tempered by prudence, the product
of organic, local human organization observing and reforming its customs, the distaste for a priori
principle disassociated from historical experience, the partaking
of the mysteries
of free will, divine guidance, and human agency by existing in but not
of the confusions
of modern society, no framework
of action, no tenet, no theory, and no article
of faith, a distrust
of the systems and processes
of the idol
of self and
of the lust for power and status, scorn to all approaches
of ideology and meta - narrative.
But if the world is viewed in
organic terms, then the
principle of life, order, and growth must be immanent to the organisms.
According to the same
principle of control and direction, the
organic / spiritual creature that is Man must look beyond himself for the answer to his own need for existential wisdom and fulfilment.
Such a notion as emergence, for example, which is closely allied with the
principle of indeterminacy and uncertainty and which was later to develop in physics, actually assumed more credence in physics before it took root in biology and psychology; yet it has more significant implications for the data
of the
organic and social sciences than for physics.
Nonetheless, not just the relativity
principle, but the entire
organic categoreal scheme, is involved in the elucidation
of solidarity.
To those cognizant
of the received interpretations, the examination will illustrate also, though only implicitly, the degree to which, in those interpretations, the misapprehension
of the relativity
principle is interwoven with the misapprehension
of other crucial
organic doctrines.
Their economies should be labor intensive rather than energy intensive; produce more durable goods to reduce waste; use local materials in building; consume locally grown foods; engage in
organic farming; utilize
organic garbage; depend on perennial polyculture, aqua - culture and permaculture; favor trains as well as human - powered machines such as bicycles; employ solar power and other on - site modes
of producing energy; and in various ways operate on self - nourishing, self - healing, self - governing
principles.
The process
of repeated ascent and descent is required in order to arrive at a truly
organic conception
of nature, in which the
principle of universal connectedness is seen to arise from within each
of the particular orders
of experience, rather than be imposed from above by philosophical fiat.
On the other hand, finding a unitary
principle for the manifold
of discreet entities, which includes human experience, is made problematic by a denial
of divine relativity because the relative nature
of God did at least that unify the world into an ordered and
organic whole.
Accordingly, either the first half
of the ontological
principle turns the
organic philosophy into a monistic system, through and through, or one occasion is included within another only as repeated.
Needless to say, I can not deal here with each and every
organic category; but I will examine two — the ontological
principle and the Category
of the Ultimate — which, because they imply the repeatability
of actual entities, are immediately relevant to my interpretation
of the relativity
principle.
Relational theology addresses this with its
organic emphasis and general
principle of the interrelatedness
of all things.
They function according to a
principle of the conservation
of organic order.
Another
principle is that
of avoiding foods that impose special
organic strains — for example, fats for people whose bodies accumulate rather than use them or salted foods for people with certain circulatory maldispositions.
Whether something
of the sort may be supposed to occur in the
organic realm does not solely depend on whether in the
organic (sub-human) sphere, substantial formal
principles essentially higher than the
principles constitutive
of inorganic reality can strictly be postulated by natural philosophy, in the way claimed by Vitalism rightly understood, as entelechies
of sorts, though
of course in themselves these could not be the objects
of perception, because a posteriori and experimentally it is only complete beings which are met with, never
principles of being as such.
12 Even on the assumption
of a Vitalism
of essentially higher
principles of that kind, which raise the
organic, as an intrinsically higher level
of reality, above merely inorganic matter, and constitute biology as an independent science, and even if we regard the entelechy factor as simple and indivisible, there would only be an eductio e potentia materiae when a new living being came into existence, if we excluded creation in this case in the way it is exemplified in the human soul, though that is not very easy to prove, and at the same time rejected the not at all absurd supposition that in the generation
of new life below the human level what happens is only the extension
of the entelechial function
of one and the same vital
principle to a new position in space and time within inorganic matter.
the absolute foundation that alone could make our knowledge true and that is proved as
principle of our
organic logic is defined first
of all as what really is and is not being» (FNCZ 219).
Once this cerebral
organic «supercomputer» evolves to become too big for the surrounding environment to mediate naturally the control and direction which it needs, we would think it makes perfect sense for God to infuse a free
principle of control and direction, the spiritual soul, which is directly in the image
of the creative spiritual Mind
of God.
«What we have described as globalization is remarkably close to Teilhard de Chardin's planetization, in which «[mankind, born on this planet and spread over its entire surface, come [s] gradually to form round its earthly matrix, a single, major,
organic unity, enclosed upon itself.4 Thus the globalization
of humankind could lead to the formation
of a new kind
of living entity — a social organism — on the same cosmic
principle as that by which atoms join to form molecules, molecules join to form mega-molecules, mega-molecules unite to form living cells, and innumerable cells constitute an organism.
This
principle is congenial to the perspective
of general systems theory and the insights
of process philosophy with its dynamic -
organic model
of natural and social reality.
Similar
organic principles have always been structural elements
of the Buddhist world view.
In the
organic responses
of the adverbial level, selective processes operate according to what is relevant to the fulfilment
of the organism as a whole.12 At the same time, although some selectivity may occur, adverbial responses tend to take the character
of «total assertions»
of the whole organism about the whole object it confronts.13 At the accusative level, or level
of conscious symbolization, whole masses
of irrelevant detail are excluded according to some
principle of relevance operating in consciousness at the time.
God, as chief causative
principle and as supreme affect, is «in this world or he is nowhere»; biblical material, and in relation to it Christian liturgical and hymnological imagery, with the theological articulation
of this, intend to make affirmations which are to be found in the pictures and forms and myths — and these we must seek to make meaningful and valid for ourselves in our present existence; man is an «embodied» and a social occasion or series (or «routing»)
of occasions,
organic to the world
of nature, and can only truly live as he lives in due recognition
of these facts and sees them as integral to himself.
(b) Secondly, such a dualism splits the biblical word off from creation and would substitute the
principle of discontinuity for the
organic continuity
of meaning which exists between the Old and New Testaments.
The interpretive key that may provide the most utility here is that Church doctrine proceeds by way
of the
principle of organic development.
I am certainly passionate about good food and animal welfare, and I will always be fully committed to the
principles of organic and sustainable farming.
Dr. Bronner's, a longtime member
of the
Organic Trade Association withdrew its membership earlier this week citing a «betrayal
of the consumer - led GMO labeling movement, and general drift away from the core
principles that drive the
organic movement.»
In
organic agriculture, we must recognize and carefully nurture a different paradigm
of «we all do better when we all do better,» working together to better understand
organic farming
principles and to improve the overall quality
of organic crops and food.
Our company proudly adheres to the
principles of evolutionary nutrition, using natural,
organic, and nutrient - dense ingredients.
Rodale Institute offers an educational and hands - on opportunity for interns to learn and practice the fundamental
principles of organic plant cultivation and garden maintenance.
[26] Several groups have called for
organic standards to prohibit nanotechnology on the basis
of the precautionary
principle [27] in light
of unknown risks
of nanotechnology.
The
organic market in the People's Republic
of China is enjoying continued growth, as more and more consumers are turning to products developed on environmental
principles: with turnover
of more than 5.8 billion USD in 2015, China is now the world's fourth - largest
organic consumer market.
• The fundamental
principles of organic agriculture • Practical details about
organic crop and livestock production • Marketing opportunities available to
organic producers • Recordkeeping and other specific requirements
of organic certification
Although there are some small differences between what is required
of a certified
organic producer in the U.S. and Canada, the guiding
principles of the two
organic standards, and the governments» enforcement
of those standards, are the same.
Nauta, MSc W.J. and Roep, Dr. D. (2008)
Principles and practicality
of organic dairy cattle breeding: different options and implications.
Seed and Bean is a company founded on ethical
principles and all
of its products are not only Fairtrade and
organic, but taste good too.
Annually, all OTA Trade Members must sign the Association's Code
of Ethics, a statement
of the common values
of this Association, to guide us in the decisions we make as businesses and individuals and to assist us with our responsibilities to the
principles of organic agriculture and ethical business practices.
With a shared vision
of how
organic principles and practices can benefit all
of human society and the planet's diverse ecosystems, IFOAM —
Organics International and the International Society
of Organic Farming Research (ISOFAR), and their generous supporters, the government
of Goesan County, Republic
of Korea, held an International
Organic Expo from 18 September — 11 October 2015, to imagine and plan the future
of the
organic sector and its contribution to ecological sustainability and societal well - being.
The underlying
principle of sustainability and
organic farming is doing the right thing.
There are producers who have been in the industry for some time and they carry the knowledge
of specific
organic production
principles.
We work and look for a global society with life quality, with informed happy citizens exercising their rights and duties, based on the
principles of sustainable development and democracy; integrated; upholding values
of solidarity, equity and justice; open to changes; respectful regarding traditional knowledge and cultural diversity; committed with the production and consumption
of organic and biodiverse products.
The aims
of these tests are to ensure that the
organic certification
principles are being adhered to and add another layer
of third party verification for the consumer that the products they are purchasing are indeed certified
organic.
So when I discovered Frontier Coop, a company that sells the highest quality
of organic herbs and superfoods, while supporting farmers and staying true to
principles of sustainability, I was a happy camper!
Rather than viewing soil, plants, animals, humans and the planet separately, the
principles of organic farming are based upon treating all
of these as one interconnected entity.
Markus Arbenz, Director
of IFOAM —
Organics International: «The unified position
of the
organic sector, based on science and on the
Principles of the
Organic Agriculture (Care, Ecology, Health and Fairness), is clear: new genetic engineering techniques are GMOs and must therefore not be used in
organic production.
The contribution
of organic agriculture to poverty reduction is acknowledged by FAO (Diouf, 2009 °), documented by numerous case studies on development projects where the
principles and practices
of organic agriculture have been successfully implemented.
The aims
of these tests are to ensure that the
organic certification
principles are being adhered to...
Because industrial agriculture was on the rise and milk prices were unrealistically low to sustain family farming, Straus saw an exciting opportunity — Create an
organic marketplace; one which reflected the true costs
of production and promoted responsible land stewardship, offering a viable,
principled, sustainable business model for small dairy farms.