Organic farming and O Guide - Resources and Review

Online magazine promoting the use of organic foods and knowledge of a healthier lifestyle. Resources include a news archive of relevant issues from around the world, reasons to use organic foods, a searchable database of retailers, and information on herbs and their medicinal qualities.
 
An educational charity which aims to achieve the best cooperation between the natural, technological and human worlds, by testing, living with and displaying strategies and tools for doing this. There is an online tour of the Centre's 40 acre site near Machynlleth in mid
Wales, which has working examples of wind, water and solar power, energy conservation, environmentally sound buildings, organic growing and alternative sewage systems.
 
Graphs showing organic land area in Europe, number of organic farms in Europe and organic land area as a proportion of total agricultural area in Europe.
 
Concise definition of organic farming.
 
Concerned with the dissemination of information to promote a worldwide holistic approach to the principles of organic farming. Resources provide access to basic standards of crop production, aquaculture, genetic engineering, and animal husbandry. Additional information includes press releases and reports, worldwide statistics, and the IFOAM comments on the proposed US Department of Agriculture rule.
 
Information about the composting of plant and kitchen waste aimed primarily at municipal and commercial composting operations but of interest to gardeners and others. Includes invertebrates, microbes, chemistry, moisture content, bio
availability, temperature, pH, door management, and water quality protection.
 
Offers original articles and features about the environment, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject
specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include acid rain, Asia, climate change, desertification, endangered species, environmental economics, environmental philosophy, forestry, mining, organic farming and gardening, national parks and camping, sustainable development, and wetlands.
 
Offers original articles and features about the farming industry, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject
specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include agricultural analysts, commodity exchanges, crop varieties and forecasts, farm safety, government departments, organic farming, regulations on use of pesticides, and women in agriculture.
 
Offers information on organic farming research and education resources. Coverage is international, with a focus on US and British sources. Additionally, a news archive dating back to 1997 is offered, along with organic farming laws and regulations, and access to the Database of Organic Standards in the EU.
 
Includes essays and links to worldwide resources relating to sustainable land use, organic farming and rangeland management.
 
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