Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

nafex - [nafex] organic apple farming

nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: "Larry Stark" <larry@larrystark.com>
  • To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
  • Subject: [nafex] organic apple farming
  • Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 05:41:38 -0500

Thought this may be of interest to you (plural):

Organic apple orchards could break even on operating costs 9 years
after planting, compared to 15 years using conventional methods and
16 years for integrated management, according to a study published in
Nature. Soil quality ratings were much higher for organic and
integrated systems, largely due to the addition of compost and mulch,
said Wash. St. Univ. researcher John Reganold. He also found organic
apple farming can raise profits, improve soil quality and produce
sweeter, firmer fruit than conventional practices.
http://www.nature.com/nature

Larry Stark
E 19620 Livermore Rd
Augusta WI 54722




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]






------------------LIST GUIDELINES----------------------

1) Please sign your posting. Include climate and location information if
relevent.
2) Attached files will be stripped from your messages. Post attachments on
the www.YahooGroups.com website.
3) To unsubscribe send a BLANK message to
nafex-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
4) Include only pertinent comments/questions when replying to a posting and
NOT the entire message (especially if the initial posting was large).

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/





  • [nafex] organic apple farming, Larry Stark, 09/18/2001

Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page