Category: Organic
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Posted on December 1, 1999
Composted manures offer yield and disease resistance benefits (Research Brief #45)
Composted manures offer promise as beneficial soil amendments for vegetable growers. New research results show that composted manures can increase vegetable yield, influence crop diseases, […]
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Posted on October 1, 1995
CROPP study maps paths to small-scale co-op marketing success (Research Brief #18)
The 1993 study helped us see the potentials for marketing cooperatives, and the decisions CROPP has made since then are instructive for anyone interested in […]
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Posted on May 2, 1995
Land stewardship practices on the Krusenbaum organic dairy farm (Research Brief #17)
It’s important that we farm organically. That’s the whole reason we’re in farming. We have ethical reasons we feel it’s important to treat the soil […]
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Posted on May 1, 1995
An organic dairying overview from the Krusenbaum farm studies (Research Brief #16)
It’s important that we farm organically. That’s the whole reason we’re in farming. We have ethical reasons we feel it’s important to treat the soil […]
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Posted on October 1, 1992
Organic potatoes: they can be grown, but can they be profitable? (Research Brief #4)
Organic potatoes can be grown on a large-scale without commercial pesticides and standard fertilizers. However, production costs for organic potatoes are higher and their yields […]