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Organic Farming

Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as houseplants, cut flowers

and specimen display. The cultivation of ornamental plants is called floriculture, which forms a major branch of horticulture.


Traditional farming was the original type of agriculture, and has been practiced for thousands of years.


All traditional farming is now considered to be "organic farming"


although at the time there were no known inorganic methods. For example, forest gardening, a fully organic food production


system which dates from prehistoric times, is thought to be the world's oldest and most resilient agroecosystem.


After the industrial revolution had introduced inorganic methods, most of which were not well developed and had serious side effects.



An organic movement began in the 1940s as a reaction to agriculture's growing reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.



The history of this modern revival of organic farming


dates back to the first half of the 20th century at a time when there was a growing reliance on these new synthetic, non-organic methods.


Outline of organic gardening and farming

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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.

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Organic farming and gardening systems and approaches

Principles of organic gardening and farming

  • 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]

Organic gardening and farming techniques

History of organic gardening and farming

History of organic farming

Pests and diseases

An IPM cotton bollworm trap in a cotton field (Manning, South Carolina): a type of integrated pest management.
Nutrient deficiencies

Weeds

Organic publications

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Organic organizations

Some important figures in organic farming and gardening

See also

Related lists

References

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

External links

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