Paramagnetic Minerals And Organic Gardening

Overview of and topical guide to organic gardening and farming

An organic garden on a school campus

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to organic gardening and farming:

Organic farming – alternative agricultural system that relies on fertilizers of organic origin such as compost, manure, green manure, and bone meal and places emphasis on techniques such as crop rotation and companion planting. Biological pest control, mixed cropping and the fostering of insect predators are encouraged. In general, organic standards are designed to allow the use of naturally occurring substances while prohibiting or strictly limiting synthetic substances.^[1]

Organic farming and gardening systems and approaches [edit]

Biodynamic farming
Biodynamic gardening
Climate-friendly gardening
Forest gardening
History of organic farming
Organic farming
Organic gardening (Organic horticulture)
Organic lawn management
Permaculture
Square foot gardening
Synergistic gardening
System of Rice Intensification
Vegan organic gardening
Wildlife gardening

Principles of organic gardening and farming [edit]

Principles of Organic Agriculture
1. The Principle of Health – "Organic agriculture should sustain and enhance the health of soil, plant, animal and human as one and indivisible."
2. The Principle of Ecology – "Organic agriculture should be based on living ecological systems and cycles, work with them, emulate them and help sustain them."
3. The Principle of Fairness – "Organic agriculture should build on relationships that ensure fairness with regard to the common environment and life opportunities."
4. The Principle of Care – "Organic agriculture should be managed in a precautionary and responsible manner to protect the health and well being of current and future generations and the environment"

The ornamental organic garden [edit]

List of flowers
Organic lawn management

Organic gardening and farming techniques [edit]

Aquaponics
Companion planting

List of companion plants

Compost
Biofertilizer
Intercropping
Managed intensive rotational grazing
Multiple cropping
No dig gardening
Pollination management
Sheet mulching
Square foot gardening
Succession planting
Sustainable agriculture
Weed control techniques (see also 'weeds' below)

Stale seed bed

Xeriscaping (water wise gardening)

Greywater irrigation

Neglected crops
Underutilized crops

History of organic gardening and farming [edit]

History of organic farming

Pests and diseases [edit]

Integrated pest management
Biological pest control
Disease resistance in fruit and vegetables
Physiological plant disorders (i.e., plant disorders caused by environmental factors, such as weather conditions, nutrient deficiencies, etc.)

Nutrient deficiencies

Boron deficiency
Calcium deficiency
Iron deficiency
Magnesium deficiency
Manganese deficiency
Nitrogen deficiency
Phosphorus deficiency
Potassium deficiency

Plant pathology (i.e., plant diseases caused by fungi, viruses, bacteria, etc.)

Honey fungus
Rust (fungus)
Specific replant disease

Weeds [edit]

Indicator plants
Dynamic accumulator

Organic publications [edit]

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Organic organizations [edit]

Organic Crop Improvement Association
Good Gardeners Association (UK)
Garden Organic, formerly the Henry Doubleday Research Association (main organisation promoting organic gardening in the UK)
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
Permaculture Association (Britain)
Rodale Institute
Soil Association (UK)
Certified Naturally Grown
Vegan Organic Network
World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association For North and South Carolina, of the US, the leading organic farming advocacy and certification institution.
Biodynamic Farming & Gardening Association
Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association (IOFGA) Organic certification and promotion body in Ireland.
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA)

Some important figures in organic farming and gardening [edit]

Lady Eve Balfour
Louis Bromfield
Peter Caddy
Alan Chadwick
Prince Charles
Jim Cochran
Eliot Coleman
Dr Shewell Cooper
Bob Flowerdew
Masanobu Fukuoka
Howard Garrett
Geoff Hamilton
Robert Hart
Emilia Hazelip
Lawrence D Hills
David Holmgren
Sir Albert Howard
Dan Jason
Bill Mollison
Helen and Scott Nearing
Michelle Obama^{[ citation needed ]}
Airi Ōtsu, Japanese organic farmer
Prince Philip
J.I. Rodale
Viktor Schauberger
Ruth Stout

References [edit]

^ "USDA Blog » Organic 101: Allowed and Prohibited Substances". blogs.usda.gov . Retrieved 6 April 2016.

External links [edit]