Growing Green: Animal-Free Organic Techniques |  | Authors: Jenny Hall, Iain Tollhurst
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 1933392495
Dewey Decimal Number: 631.584
EAN: 9781933392493
ASIN: 1933392495
Publication Date: April 4, 2007
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Growing Green: Animal-Free Organic Techniques is an essential guide about organic growing and is perfect for absolute beginners as well as experienced professionals. This book introduces the concept of stockfree-organic and shows, through case studies, that when growers abandon the use of slaughterhouse by-products and manures they can be rewarded with healthier crops, less weeds, pests and diseases.
In an age where dreams of self-sufficiency seem unattainable, Growing Green shows that making a living from growing organic vegetables can be achieved by anyone who is willing to rent land. Until now there have been no comprehensive guidelines on how to follow the organic standards at the different scales of vegetable production using tractors, small machinery and hand tools.
This practical and easy-to-follow guide answers: What tools and machinery will I need? What are the benefits of compost? How do I manage different green manures? Can I make seed compost without slaughterhouse by-products? What rotations should I use for year-round vegetable supply? How do I grow, harvest and store 60 different vegetables? How can I weed without chemicals? How can I reduce pest and diseases? How can I encourage wildlife? Where should I sell my produce? How can I ensure that I am reducing my ecological footprint?
An invaluable guide for the grower, researcher and student; this book will prove to be an important step forward for the organic movement.
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Cutting edge sustainable farming from field to garden scale January 27, 2010
KB (Florida, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Growing Green was written by Jenny Hall and Iain Tolhurst of the Vegan Organic Network, an international group concerned with local, organic growing. This book is on the leading edge of truly sustainable and responsible agriculture that is quickly finding its way around the world. The vegan organic method not only avoids using synthetic nutrients, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides but also avoids bringing animal manures, blood, bones, feathers and fish parts onto the farm. Fertility is maintained with nitrogen-fixing legumes and other nutrient-concentrating plants and plant-based composts which to the greatest extent possible come from the same farm.
The Vegan Organic Network has lead the world in developing third party verified vegan organic growing standards in the United Kingdom and has recently brought this program to North America through Quality Certification Services. The farm that this writer operates is proud to be certified under these standards.
The authors take the vegan organic (known in the UK as Stockfree Organic Standards)and break them down to the basics that novice or seasoned grower can easily follow to implement these highly efficient and ethical techniques.
If you are not able to grow your own at the moment, seek out and support your local growers, and if they are not growing vegan organically, encourage them to do so! For more information on this revolutionary approach to agriculture, check out Vegan-Organic Network at [...].
Especially recommended for college-level agricultural holdings. July 8, 2007
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
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The foundation of GROWING GREEN: ANIMAL-FREE ORGANIC TECHNIQUES is the concept of stockfree organic growing which includes nothing from animals - and the concurrent idea that when growers abandon the use of manures, chemicals and genetic modifications, only then will they see healthier crops and fewer problems. GROWING GREEN also shows that anyone can make a living growing such organics, providing chapters packed with guidelines on how to follow organic practices at different scales of vegetable production. From assessing and improving soil fertility and understanding composting procedures to rotating crops and considering environment impact, GROWING GREEN is especially recommended for college-level agricultural holdings.
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