To tap into an increasing demand from consumers for fresh food alternatives, USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Network assembled a list of of CSA farms nationwide.
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (NSAIS) recommends that you try beneficial nematodes as part of your lawn care regimen if you detect these gnats.
According to the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, treated lumber is not allowed under the Final Rule of the National Organic Program (NOP), the United States Department of Agriculture program that regulates organic gardening.
Cardboard Mulching-a type of weed control often used in sustainable agriculture. The plants are planted, and then covered with layers of recycled cardboard, and then additional organic material.
Gardener’s Supply also provides gifts to a number of non-profit organizations working on gardening, sustainable agriculture, the environment and hunger-related causes.
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She was editor of Organic Farmer: The Digest of Sustainable Agriculture for its four-year existence. Gershuny lives in Barnet, Vermont and serves on the faculty of Goddard College and the Institute for Social Ecology.
"A good rule of thumb is to sow the cover crop seed into the vegetable bed one-third of the way through the vegetable crop's growing cycle," says Steve Diver of ATTRA—The National Sustainable Agriculture Service.
Union of Concerned Scientists - information on genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture.
Council for Responsible Genetics - a non-profit organization concerned with all aspects of biotechnology, including food safety.
He also serves on the steering committee for the communications arm of the USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. In his spare time, he enjoys flower and vegetable gardening, landscaping, and plant propagation.
Farm is an experimental market garden in Harborside, ME, owned and operated by writers Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman. The farm produces vegetables year-round and has become a nationally recognized model of small-scale sustainable agriculture.
 See also: Agriculture, Plant, Environment, Flower, Organic
  
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