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4 unusual facts about Organic farming


Alvadore, Oregon

Today Alvadore is home to a general store and gas station that contains a post office (ZIP Code 97409), a large regional nursery—Decker Nursery—known for its Christmas trees, a volunteer fire department, the Alvadore Christian Church, a nut-drying plant affiliated with Blue Diamond Growers, and a variety of other agricultural businesses including an organic strawberry farm (Berg's Berries and Organic Produce).

Certified Naturally Grown

Certified Naturally Grown (CNG) is a non-profit alternate farm assurance certification program created for small-scale organic farmers, and striving to strengthen the organic movement by preserving high organic standards and removing financial barriers that tend to exclude smaller farms that are selling locally and directly to their customers.

Organic wild

Organic wild refers to organic agriculture products which are collected from wild land.

Weetabix

Organic versions of Weetabix are sold in various countries.


Delwin Vriend

The oldest of five children, he was raised with three siblings on an organic vegetable farm to the south of Edmonton in the county of Leduc.

Krista van Velzen

After pre-university education at Newmancollege in Breda and a preparatory course for higher education in forestry and natural resources management, she decided to work—again as a volunteer—with Stichting Kollektief Rampenplan, an organic-vegetarian catering collective that supports actions and events throughout Europe by cooking for activists.

Laverstoke Park Farm

Laverstoke Park Farm is a Hampshire organic farm near Laverstoke, England, UK, owned by Jody Scheckter.

Organic farming in New Zealand

Organic farming practices in New Zealand began on a commercial scale in the 1980s and is now an increasing segment of the market with some of the larger companies such as Wattie's becoming involved.

The Moo Man

The Moo Man is a 2012 British documentary film, directed by Andy Heathcote, about an organic dairy farm in Sussex, England.


see also

Council of the European Union

It considers matters concerning the Common Agricultural Policy, the Common Fisheries Policy, forestry, organic farming, food and feed safety, seeds, pesticides, and fisheries.

Eve Balfour

Lady Eve Balfour (1899–1990), English farmer, educator and organic farming pioneer

Federal Agricultural Research Centre

There was also a Institute of Organic Farming in Westerau.

Lady Eve Balfour

She continued to farm, write and lecture for the rest of her life, including a year-long tour throughout Australia and New Zealand during which she met Australian organic farming pioneers including Henry Shoobridge, president of the Living Soil Association of Tasmania which was the first association to affiliate with the Soil Association.