Crop rotation and approved organic pesticides.
All pests can be found in an organic farm. They all just need to be dealt with differently - but there are organic solutions for most pests.
hard to make money on organic farm. lots of waste and low sales. So they rather do something other than organic farm.
Yes, the Polyface Farm IS organic.
The primary means of protecting crops from pests is by application of pesticide, such as insecticide intended for grasshoppers or for tent caterpillars. The type of insecticide or pesticide used depends on the species of the pests concerned.
Erica Walz has written: 'Final results of the third biennial National Organic Farmers' Survey' -- subject(s): Organic farming, States, Farm produce, Information services, Marketing
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They use the nutrient value of the animals' manure to help promote crop growth.
because the badgers have TB (Tuberculosis) and they pass it onto their cattle. If the badgers do get culled then the farmers won't have to worry as much about their cattle getting TB. Hope this has been helpful!! :)
Farm cooperatives helped farmers pool their money to buy tools and supplies.
Debt would not have anything to with a person starting organic farming, other than the possibility that the person might not have the resources necessary to start an organic farm. In that case, the person might want to start an organic garden, sell the produce at a farmers market, and build from that every year.
In a farmhouse which is on the farm.