Sentences with phrase «organic land»

Those few country examples alone suggest a global certified organic land area in excess of half a million hectares than publicly available figures.

The oils come from 10,000 acres of certified organic land.

Keith and Monica Neu farm 1,200 acres of organic land in Saskatchewan's northeast grain belt near the town of Hudson Bay.

Gene and Kathy Davis farm 3,500 acres of organic land in southeast Saskatchewan by North Portal.

Christensen et al. (1996) investigated a total of 31 farms comparing the bird densities on organic land with those on conventionally managed land.

You will require certified organic land with sufficient acreage for crop isolation, irrigation, and knowledge of seed processing techniques.

In Oceania, organic land increased by a 42 %, which was mainly due to rangeland areas shifting to organic production in Australia.

The most encouraging picture was in England where the rate of conversion slowed but fully organic land area increased by 16 %.

Michael says, «During times of extreme climatic conditions livestock may be agisted on alternative pasture; however under the requirements of the Australian Certified Organic Standard livestock must be bought back onto organic land for at least six months before regaining organic status.

Since those early humble beginnings starting on just under 1/8 of an acre, Big Tree Farms has grown to become the premier producer of sustainably grown crops in Indonesia with over 40,000 acres of certified organic land under our farmer - relation management.

Source: Organic Centre Wales (estimates exclude uncertified organic land use in Germany and Sweden)

SOL reports a total US organic lands of 900 000 ha in 2002.

Can manure from confined animals feeding operations where 5.5.1 and 5.5.2 have been met be applied on organic land even if it contains prohibited substances?

UK organic land area decreased by 2.8 % and represents 4.2 % of farmland.

Easton MA About Blog Native plant horticulturist, designer and gardener revitalizes your gardens, lawns and landscape, specializing in organic land care in the Easton MA area.

Our popular chaga comes from birch trees on organic land in Siberia.

Other certified organic lands in developing countries include: Brazil (270 000 ha), Mexico (86 000 ha), India (41 000 ha), China (40 000 ha), Peru (27 000 ha), Colombia (23 000 ha), Turkey (21 000 ha), Paraguay (19 000 ha), Tunisia (18 000 ha), Morocco (12 000 ha), Costa Rica (10 000 ha), Russia (10 000 ha) and Zambia (6 700 ha) 24.

There are 1 million ha of certified organic land in Africa and 580,000 certified producers, and this represents only a fraction of the overall organic production taking place on the continent.

There are, however, some very large scale organic farms e.g. Pavich Family Farms in California with over 1 600 ha of organic land and 200 ha in conversion to organic.

OF&G, which certifies more than half of the organic land in the UK, says Defra needs to implement policies which encourage and support farmers to use -LSB-...]

You will require certified organic land, irrigation (minimal water usage) and access to good quality seeding equipment and headers.

Our vision collectively is to manage the organic category for the benefit of all; to give it vision, leadership and structure so that we all prosper from the riches of our organic land.

We shared blog posts on organic gardening and farming, and facts on organic growing in Australia — did you know Australia has the most certified organic land in the world?

Worldwide there are 2.3 million organic farmers, 43.7 million ha of certified organic land and US$ 80 billion in consumer purchases of organic.

On one of the sites investigated they found a mean population density of 22.8 pairs of breeding birds per ten hectares on the organic land compared to 9.9 pairs on the conventional land.

A West Australian farmer being sued for allowing his genetically modified canola to allegedly contaminate his neighbour's organic land was «reckless» in how he planted and harvested his crop, a court has been told.

In Argentina, 91 percent of certified organic lands (or 2.9 million ha) are natural pastures for sheep and cattle (e.g. Patagonia) and forest areas for apiculture.

Less than half of the global 18 million hectares of certified organic land is dedicated to arable agriculture.

In countries such as Austria, Finland, Italy and Sweden a high proportion of the organic land is managed by farmers that do not sell their products as organic.

Some unpublished data obtained by FAO in 2002 suggests that the figures above are under - estimates of certified organic lands.

«Nearly 20 percent of all organic land in the world is contained in the 19 member countries, along with some 600,000 organic farmers and operations.

Organic Coconut Oil: Has been extracted from coconut palms raised only on organic lands / manures.