IPM in the Field
Soil Quality
Discovery of herbicide in compost in 3 states alarms recycling
industry, Associated Press, December 28, 2001 -- posted on the
Environmental News Network
- Soil and Health Library
This is a free public library of alternative agriculture, holistic health, self-sufficient living, and
personal development. It offers accurate, full-texts of carefully-selected older books whose
importance and contemporary relevance has not diminished. Most books in this library are out of
print and can be very hard to find; many are old enough to be public domain.
The Soil and Health Library has four major sections:
Radical Agriculture
The Restoration and Maintence of Health
Achieving Personal Sovereignty
Achieving Spiritual Freedom
- Post to SANET from, Joel Gruver, Center for Agriculture,
Food and Environment, Tufts University -- quote relevant to today's
biotech issues (from 1855)
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No Disease Without Deficiency, "Vruchtbare Aarde" (Fertile
Soil)The Netherlands, Bart Hommersen (Editor), Summer 1999
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Here are some fascinating "factoids" from the National Soil Survey
Center that show why soil is such an important resource. Be sure to share them!
- Plant Research News - PNAS 95:6531-6536
Regulatory Gene Confers Resistance to Multiple Diseases.
A single gene serving to increase a plant's defensive response to a number of fungal and bacterial pathogens.
- SANET discussion:
"Cation balancing in organic farming" related to the building of soil quality
- M. Sean Clark -- Research Manager, Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems
Project,
Department of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California,
Davis, CA 95616
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Raymond R. Weil -- Professor of Agronomy, University of Maryland, College Park,
MD
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Steve Groff -- Cedar Meadow Farm,
679 Hilldale Rd,
Holtwood PA 17532
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EMAP -
Agricultural Lands:
A beginner's Guide to Soil Quality
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Soil
Health Menu at the Sustainable Farming
Connection that may be of
value in training or as references.
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In building soil quality, the benefits of rock dust arise from
physical, chemical, and biological processes, according to Chris Alenson, an
Australian based consultant.
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USDA: Natural Resources Conservation Service
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Microbiological Activity in Native Soils, from an article by Maria
Filimonova, Soil & Plant Analysis Laboratory Manager, published on the
Internet by the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture in its July/August
1997 Newsletter -- Vol. 23, No. 4. The article was adapted by Maria from an
article originally written for the Missouri Prairie Journal.
- Ethylene Biosynthesis Triggers Plant Defense Mechanisms
- The Soil Foodweb: Its Importance in Ecosystem Health
by Dr. Elaine Ingham
- SANET Discussions on Soil Quality
(Check back occasionally, as this page is updated as more discussion occurs)
[The newest posts are listed first]
- Soil Erosion Article from Science Magazine Vol. 267
Last Updated on 1/4/02
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