Basic Tenets of Organic Agriculture from USDA
Basic Tenets of Organic Agriculture from USDA’s
Report & Recommendation on Organic Farming
1. Nature is capital : Energy-intensive modes of conventional agriculture place man on a collision course with nature. Present trends and practices signal difficult times ahead. More concern over finite nutrient resources is needed. Organic farming focuses on recycled nutrients.
2. Soil is the source of life : Soil quality and balance (that is, soil with proper levels of organic matter, bacterial and biological activity, trace elements,and other nutrients) are essential to the long-term future of agriculture. Human and Animal health are directly related to the health of soil.
3. Feed the soil, not the plant : Healthy plants, animals and humans result from balanced, biologically active soil.
4. Diversity production systems : Overspecialization (monoculture) is biologically & environmentally unstable.
5. Independence : Organic farming contributes to personal and community independence by reducing dependence on enegry-intensive agricultural production and distribution systems.
6. Anti-materialism : Finite resources and Nature's limitations must be recognized.
1. Nature is capital : Energy-intensive modes of conventional agriculture place man on a collision course with nature. Present trends and practices signal difficult times ahead. More concern over finite nutrient resources is needed. Organic farming focuses on recycled nutrients.
2. Soil is the source of life : Soil quality and balance (that is, soil with proper levels of organic matter, bacterial and biological activity, trace elements,and other nutrients) are essential to the long-term future of agriculture. Human and Animal health are directly related to the health of soil.
3. Feed the soil, not the plant : Healthy plants, animals and humans result from balanced, biologically active soil.
4. Diversity production systems : Overspecialization (monoculture) is biologically & environmentally unstable.
5. Independence : Organic farming contributes to personal and community independence by reducing dependence on enegry-intensive agricultural production and distribution systems.
6. Anti-materialism : Finite resources and Nature's limitations must be recognized.
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