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[Market-farming] ATTRA pub on organic soil amendments
- From: Steve Diver <steved AT ncat.org>
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- Subject: [Market-farming] ATTRA pub on organic soil amendments
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:17:57 -0500
Thanks, Nan -
Yes, there is the following.
Alternative Soil Amendments
ATTRA
http://www.attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/altsoilamend.html
The fertility and pest control products for the organic
farming industry is advancing rapidly.
It provides a brief introduction, with terminology and
descriptions... but it's a few years old and doesn't
attempt to summarize the latest developments.
Organic fertilizers, microbial inoculants, humic sources,
chelates, blended materials and so forth keep getting
better each year.
Steve Diver
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Thanks Steve for update info re: ATTRA....however, the publication I read
back in 01 (Organic Soil Amendments) did have comments about whether or not
the amendment was economically feasible, so to speak, for market farmer
types.
If I recall what I read accurately, greensand, e.g. was not highly
recommended since for its price, it did not deliver much and so I decided
against buying it as an amendment. I found that type of analysis very
helpful. Perhaps I have a faulty memory! Oh well.....I think ATTRA is the
best resource around for sust. agriculture issues!
nan at dancing goats farm, zone 7b, mississippi
- [Market-farming] ATTRA pub on organic soil amendments, Steve Diver, 04/20/2005
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