AEPS 315 Midterm All Answers Correct
The agricultural production system that is influenced by mystical and celestial factors Permaculture
Permaculture Coined in 1978 by David Holmgren, then a graduate student, and
his professor, Bill Mollison.
• A system of agricultural and social design ...
-2nd rule: "National List" of allowed synthetic and prohibited natural substances; labeling, certification,
accreditation, enforcement, and testing requirements
The father of biodynamic agriculture ✅Rudolf Steiner
Biodynamic farming ✅• Uses management practices that are intended to "restore,
maintain and enhance ecological harmony."
• Central features include crop diversification, the avoidance of
chemical soil treatments and off-farm inputs generally,
decentralized production and distribution, and the consideration of
celestial and terrestrial influences on biological organisms.
• Biodynamic agriculture differs from many forms of organic
agriculture in its spiritual, mystical, and astrological orientation.
• It shares a spiritual focus, as well as its view toward improving
humanity, with the "nature farming" movement in Japan
Biodynamic Farming Practices ✅• Use of livestock manures to sustain plant growth (recycling of
nutrients).
• Maintenance and improvement of soil quality.
• Health and well being of crops and animals.
• Cover crops, green manures and crop rotations are used
extensively.
• Farms to foster the diversity of plant and animal life, and to
enhance the biological cycles and the biological activity of the soil.
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