文档介绍：ORGANIC CROP PRODUCTION
OVERVIEW
FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
Abstract: This publication provides an overview of the key concepts and practices of certifi anic
crop production. It also presents perspectives on many of the notions, myths, and issues that have be-
come associated anic agriculture over time. A guide to useful ATTRA resources and to several
non-ATTRA publications is provided.
By e Kuepper and Lance Gegner
NCAT Agriculture Specialists
August 2004
©NCAT 2004
Table of Contents
What anic Agriculture? .........................2
The Origins anic Agriculture in the
United States ...................................................2
Notions anic .........................................3
Organic Certifi cation ......................................5
Organic Principles ..........................................5
Tools and Practices .........................................8
Summing Up .................................................23 ©2006
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What anic Agriculture? gardening in the . As such, it was probably
the single greatest influence on the shape and
Over the years, it has monplace to un- underlying philosophy of anics.
derstand and anic agriculture as farming . Rodale drew his concept anic agriculture
without synthetic pesticides and conventional fer- from a number of sources, including Louis
tilizers. This should not be considered a definition Bromfield (the author of Malabar Farm and other
but a characteristic — on