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Synthetic fertilizer
Commercially prepared mixtures of plant nutrients such as nitrates, phosphates, and potassium applied to the soil to restore fertility and increase crop yields. See organic fertilizer. (source: EPA) Earth & Sky,The Finnish scientists found this out when they grew their own cabbage–some using urine, some using synthetic fertilizer, and some without fertilizer. The Tar Sands and Canada's Food System - Oct 21, 2007 The Dominion,He concludes that roughly 2.5 billion of the world's 6.7 billion people could not exist without synthetic fertilizer. The number of people who depend on Dickinson Research Extension Center Certified For Organic Farming ... - Oct 19, 2007 CattleNetwork.com,..."Organic producers must apply alternative sources to synthetic fertilizer because they typically can't apply synthetic fertilizer to maintain certification Fertilize lawn before cool temps arrive - Oct 5, 2007 Dallas Morning News,Burning your lawn or harming the environment is difficult when you take synthetic fertilizer out of the equation. That's because the concentrations of `Green' fuel worsens global warming - Sep 28, 2007 Toronto Star,Massive production of synthetic fertilizer in a 20th century "green revolution" has almost doubled the amount of nitrogen in the global system, Student-grown fertilizer co. settles Miracle-Gro suit over trademark - Sep 25, 2007 Princeton University The Daily Princetonian,Additionally, TerraCycle will stop claiming that its plant food is better than "the leading synthetic fertilizer" until it can back the claim up with new The days of cheap grain are gone, according to agriculture experts - Sep 28, 2007 Kansas City Star,Thanks to steadily improving seeds, synthetic fertilizer and more powerful farm equipment, the productivity of farmers in the West and Asia has stayed so Lazy farmers die in greed - Sep 26, 2007 indiainteracts.com,The easy access to loans, as long as they were intended to promote the synthetic fertilizer industry and the GM seeds, gave the impetus to the farmer to Grain rally roils markets - Sep 28, 2007 Pioneer Press,Thanks to improved seeds, synthetic fertilizer and more powerful equipment, the productivity in the West and Asia has stayed so far ahead of population How Green Is Green? - Aug 7, 2007 Connecticut Business News Journal,..."Plants that are fed synthetic fertilizer will grow gleaming green leaves, and the results come in a day. The roots are short and eventually the product Plants set in stone - Aug 9, 2007 commercialappeal.com (subscription),This is happening all over the region, despite advice from extension turf experts that applying synthetic fertilizer during dry spells puts too much stress Virginia to Recover Organic Waste for Environmental and Commercial ... - Aug 10, 2007 Associated Content,Farmers would not need to use as much synthetic fertilizer, which would save them money and possibly grow more nutritious crops. With the lesser amount of A fresh, historic approach to farming - Aug 10, 2007 Montrose Daily Press,...seed viability and pest problems and it was all kind of coincidental with early use of ammonium nitrate synthetic fertilizer,� he said. EarthTalk: Greening Golf Courses - Aug 8, 2007 Kansas City infoZine,Golf maintenance operations use significant amounts of synthetic fertilizer and pesticides (more, acre-for-acre than farms in some cases), Sustainable Gardening: More Answers to Questions on Tomatoes - Aug 15, 2007 Kitsap Sun (Subscription),A: Several readers who asked this question explained they were using a water-soluble synthetic fertilizer on pot-grown tomato plants and watering frequently U of M to Establish Long Term Manure Management Trial at Glenlea - Aug 1, 2007 ThePigSite.com,University of Manitoba soil scientist Dr. Don Flaten says several factors related to manure application versus synthetic fertilizer application will be My own private Iowa - Jul 26, 2007 Grist Magazine,Only special hybridized breeds of corn can thrive in such close quarters, and only soil heavily spiked with synthetic fertilizer could possibly support them UF's Cooperative Garden has grown over 35 years - Jul 20, 2007 Gainesville Sun,The rules are simple: no pesticides or synthetic fertilizer. Everything must be grown using organic methods. While that may seem daunting to some, Start spring gardening with some tidying up - 13 Apr 2007 Seattle Post Intelligencer,Otherwise, spread some organic or synthetic fertilizer over planted areas. To make nutrients more available to plants, you may need to adjust soil acidity Organic Food Test Detects False Labels - Apr 12, 2007 Discovery Channel...is that growing carrots generally requires less nitrogen and are thus conventionally grown carrots are likely to have less synthetic fertilizer applied. Spngenberg: Choose your fertilizer carefully - Mar 19, 2007 Northwest Herald,Furthermore, most organic and some synthetic fertilizer sources rely on soil microbes to break them down to release nitrogen, so they do not work when soils For garden cleanup: Take it one at a time - Apr 6, 2007 Canton Repository (subscription),Otherwise, spread some organic or synthetic fertilizer over planted areas according to rates specified on the package. ¥ To make nutrients more available to Ash borers, organics are garden forum topics - Mar 17, 2007 Fort Dodge Messenger,One step is exchanging synthetic fertilizer for much larger quantities of the natural kind, such as ‘‘225 pounds of goat or rabbit manure.’’ Corn-based ethanol: the biggest greenwash ever? - Mar 29, 2007 Grist Magazine,Even before the big jump, corn was by far our most widely planted crop -- and growing it required a heavier dose of synthetic fertilizer than any other US Consumers get answers from Ga. Department of Agriculture - Mar 22, 2007 Lincolnton Journal,Or choose a synthetic fertilizer with a higher second number, ie, 15-30-15, which indicates a higher percentage of phosphorous than nitrogen or potassium. Fashion: Jake Gyllenhaal Digs Organic Loomstate Jeans - Mar 30, 2007 Ecorazzi,Loomstate uses 100% organic cotton — grown free of pesticides, herbicides and synthetic fertilizer. According to their website their fabric is “is woven US: cattle ranch near spinach farm had same E. coli - Mar 27, 2007 FreshPlaza,Heat-treated manure was used on one of the fields where the spinach was grown and commercial synthetic fertilizer was used on three others. Chores await gardeners as spring nears - Mar 16, 2007 Northwest Herald,Otherwise, spread some organic or synthetic fertilizer over planted areas according to rates specified on the package. • Mulch management actually can be Gardening with a greener thumb - Mar 14, 2007 Lawrence Journal World,While gardeners can use organic or synthetic fertilizer, shown above, compost is a more environmentally friendly option. Compost can reduce the need for Water, Water - Mar 26, 2007 Washingtonian.com,...but the raw water that nature provides contains suspended sediment, manure runoff, traces of synthetic fertilizer and chemicals, microorganisms, Why Having More No Longer Makes Us Happy - Mar 22, 2007 AlterNet,Tractors and synthetic fertilizer instead of farmers and animals. Could we take away the fossil fuel, put people back on the land in larger numbers, Take it one plant at a time for fun garden cleanup - 15 Mar 2007 Gwinnett Daily Post,Otherwise, spread some organic or synthetic fertilizer over planted areas according to rates specified on the package. To make nutrients more available to Mowing meister will talk about 'Turf' - Mar 13, 2007 SunJournal.com (subscription),...vegetables, trees and shrubs and, of course, a spectacular lawn - achieved without a single synthetic fertilizer, herbicide or fungicide. Dishing It Out - Mar 8, 2007 Grist Magazine,Worldwide, synthetic fertilizer use increased by a factor of ten between 1950 and 1998. But this annual bombardment of fertilizer isn't merely degrading What Wal-Mart is Doing Right - Feb 22, 2007 European Leaders in Procurement (subscription),At such low levels, growing organic cotton cost more than conventional methods, which use checmical pesticides and synthetic fertilizer that can contaminate A Review of Alex Avery's "The Truth About Organic Foods" - Dec 15, 2006 American Council on Science and Health,To Steiner and those who have followed him, synthetic fertilizer was "dead" while manure is a product of living organisms which can transmit their vital Biofuels Are an Environmental Dead End - Dec 13, 2006 AlterNet,Philpott: I also see that in your studies, your calculation of how much energy goes into producing synthetic fertilizer is higher than the USDA's assessment Will there be enough corn? - Nov 22, 2006 Checkbiotech.org (press release),Soybean plants add nitrogen to the soil, which reduces the need for synthetic fertilizer when corn is planted the following year. Organic foods: Are they worth the extra cost? - Dec 4, 2006 MSNBCKaren Anderson of the Northeast Organic Farming Association defines it: “Organic food is produced without synthetic fertilizer or pesticides. Summer weather cooked the lawn: Here's what to do - Sep 30, 2006 Seattle Times,...growth. Use an organic fertilizer such as rotted manure or fish emulsion, or select a synthetic fertilizer with slow-release nitrogen. ... A grape escape - Oct 5, 2006 The Columbian,It's about quality, freshness, taste." They use no pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizer, or genetically engineered seeds, she said. ... Spinach Warning Expanded - Sep 16, 2006 Los Angeles Times,On its website, the company says its farming techniques allow it to avoid the use of millions of pounds of synthetic fertilizer and toxic pesticides. ... Putting your money where your mouth is with your produce - Sep 23, 2006 Times Herald-Record,More energy is now used to produce synthetic fertilizer than to till, cultivate and harvest all the crops in the United States. ... Campus farming takes root - Sep 21, 2006 Durham Herald Sun,...term. Sustainable farmers also minimize the use of non-renewable resources, such as using natural gas to make synthetic fertilizer. ... Earth care - Sep 14, 2006 OregonLive.com,...hot summer, this 41/2-acre garden gleams with the smile of a well-manicured piece of property -- and it hasn't seen a drop of synthetic fertilizer or pesticide ... News index | RSS | News Feed Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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