Organic Farming: Can It Feed Us? (Part 2)
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VVH-TV News SpecialOrganic Farming: Can It Feed Us? Part 2Karl Grossman Chief Investigative Reporter examines Organic Farming on Eastern Long Island.What is organic farming?Organic farming can be defined as an approach to agriculture where the aim is to create integrated, humane, environmentally and economically sustainable agricultural production systems. Maximum reliance is placed on locally or farm-derived renewable resources and the management of self-regulating ecological and biological processes and interactions in order to provide acceptable levels of crop, livestock and human nutrition, protection from pests and diseases, and an appropriate return to the human and other resources employed. Reliance on external inputs, whether chemical or organic, is reduced as far as possible. In many European countries, organic agriculture is known as ecological agriculture, reflecting this reliance on ecosystem management rather than external inputs.The objective of sustainability lies at the heart of organic farming and is one of the major factors determining the acceptability or otherwise of specific production practices. The term 'sustainable' is used in its widest sense, to encompass not just conservation of non-renewable resources (soil, energy, minerals) but also issues of environmental, economic and social sustainability. The term 'organic' is best thought of as referring to the concept of the farm as an organism, in which all the component parts - the soil minerals, organic matter, micro-organisms, insects, plants, animals and humans - interact to create a coherent and stable whole.The key characteristics of organic farming include: protecting the long term fertility of soils by maintaining organic matter levels, encouraging soil biological activity, and careful mechanical intervention; providing crop nutrients indirectly using relatively insoluble nutrient sources which are made available to the plant by the action of soil micro-organisms; nitrogen self-sufficiency through the use of legumes and biological nitrogen fixation, as well as effective recycling of organic materials including crop residues and livestock manures; weed, disease and pest control relying primarily on crop rotations, natural predators, diversity, organic manuring, resistant varieties and limited (preferably minimal) thermal, biological and chemical intervention; the extensive management of livestock, paying full regard to their evolutionary adaptations, behavioural needs and animal welfare issues with respect to nutrition, housing, health, breeding and rearing; careful attention to the impact of the farming system on the wider environment and the conservation of wildlife and natural habitats. (c) WVVH-TV 2007 all rights reserved
Canal: News & Politics
Añadido: January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am
Autor: VVHTV
Duración: 24:57
Puntuación: 4.76
Reproducciones: 6791
Etiquetas: Farming Hamptons Healthy Lifestyle Medical Oprah Organic Research Schimizzi VVH-TV
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wonderwheel420 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
this video duo rocked!! i am so happy to see people with the same vision as mine. i own an organic catering company in CA, my goal is to grow the majority of my own foods for this, and resource other organic, local, farmers for their dairy and produce. i LOVE this!! thanks to all of the folks who DO organic!! "ORGANIC IN YOUR FACE!!" ... chef julz.
wonderwheel420 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
i feel so inspired. i own an organic catering company, here in CA. my vision is to grow the majority of my product, and resource other organic farmers, (dairy and produce), for my foods. seeing people doing my dream is amazingly cool. thanks to all of the organic foodies, gardeners, farmers, and retailers ALL OVER THE WORLD!!! God bless.
wolfgang2588 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
ok, first of all let me explain u about fusarium, (my english is not so good but i'll try my best) eliminate inmediatly the damaged plants, rotate the plantatios so u can avoid fusarium to stay in the soils, before instroducing the a new tomatoe plantation, make sure to buy certificade seeds, tha will help , and also avoid the excess of water.
andayamartin (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
I watched the 2nd episode. I grow my own tomatoes but having a problem controlling wilt... fusarium and bacterial.... Help!!!! I grow great cucumbers real crunchy... never realized that cucumbers can get real crunchy till i tried my own organically grown crop.
kastmaster101 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
another nice video
lady7nichole (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Hear Hear!!!
lady7nichole (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
It is true. . . the first time you eat food you grew on your own you will be a different person. the change starts from the time you put your hands in the soil. I also thought it was sad to see that less than half who watched the first one... watched the second one. I am guessing they did not even finish. VOTE with your life. . . grow your own food, support local organic farms, and eat low to earth.
avisionofsorrow (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
amen!!!! xxx
thrivesurvive (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Another amazing video. Thank you very much!!!
dirtfan4v (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Methane or Carbon dioxide....hmmmm. I can't decided!
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