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AEPS 315 Organic Ag Midterm Already Graded A+ Sustainable food system ️is often described as having a triple bottom line; it must be environmentally sound, economically viable and socially responsible (equitable). This concept is sometimes referred to as The Three P's: Sustainable develop...

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Sustainable food system ✔️is often described as having a triple bottom line; it must be environmentally
sound, economically viable and socially responsible (equitable). This concept is sometimes referred to as
The Three P's:



Sustainable development ✔️is development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.



Brundtland Commission UN, 1983 ✔️Known as the World Commission on Environment and
Development (WCED), the commission's mission was to unite countries to pursue sustainable
development together.



Brundtland Commission UN, 1983 ✔️Justus von Liebig

Leading org. chemist

Super-phosphate (1843)

Disproved humus theory

Plants fed by solutes (NPK)

Protested London sewers



Synthetic Nitrogen ✔️Fritz Haber (with Carl Bosch) in 1909

First synthetic nitrogen fixation

N2 + H2 = ammonium

War applications

Nobel prizes



Rudolf Steiner ✔️Lived 1861 - 1925

Son of Austrian RR workers

Scientist, architect, editor, historian, artist, clairvoyant

, Sought bridge between spiritual and material existence

Authored 30+ books, 6,000 lectures

Founded biodynamic agriculture in 1924 lecture series

BD grew swiftly in Central Europe



Biodynamic Agriculture ✔️Bio - life (matter)

Dynamic - energy (vital forces)

Sees a farm as an organism (holistic)

Emphasizes the importance of rhythms (terrestrial and celestial)

Uses specialized compost preparations and homeopathic field sprays to stimulate dynamic forces that
animate matter

Like organics, avoids synthetic chemicals



Demeter Certification (1928) ✔️the certifying agency for biodynamic farming operations. Founded in
1984, Demeter USA has established a series of guidelines for biodynamic as well as organic-in-transition-
to-biodynamic agricultural practices.



Sir Albert Howard ✔️Lived 1873-1947

Trained as a mycologist in Britain

Agricultural Research in plant pathology abroad: West Indies, South Africa, India

Directs an ag research station in Pusa for nearly two decades (early 1900s)

Father of industrial composting w/ his 'Indore Method' (aerobic, in piles)

Saw soil/plant/herd health as the best defense against disease

Wrote 'An Agricultural Testament', 1940



Howard & 'Law of Return' ✔️Nutrient cycling is a key to sustained fertility

Soil is the basis of plant/animal health ("feed the soil, not plant")

Disease is a teacher (it shows where deficiencies are)

Inoculants/drugs are not necessary when animals are raised on good soil

Work holistically, not symptomatically (relations)

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