Homepage Last Updated March 18, 1996

An organic farmers homepage! It is growing like everything else around here! If you have any tips or tricks that may help an organic farmer pass it on.

Big event: ifoam'96 2nd announcement and 1st call for papers - Lisbeth Sorensen (ifoam96

Welcome to Noah's Ark!
Noah's Ark is one of the world's suppliers of Organic Cherimoya .Want to learn about our most exciting crop , get recipes and read advertisements ; ) just press Organic CherimoyaWe have been in business since 1979. We are C.C.O.F.

Cherimoya.aviMy 1st. Cherimoya movie showing how easy it is to enjoy Organic Cherimoya!

Reviews:

Sometime I am lucky enough to get sent books ,tools,newsletters to review from people in the organic movement.

Books:

The book "Lets Get Growing"was sent to me to review.Elizabeth and Crow Miller the organic farmer authors this How-To Gardening Book. If you are like me and want to read more from Mr. and Mrs. Miller check out : Enter" Our Garden" The Millers are always updating this section so keep checking for new goodies.

. Organic farmers realize that the soil is a living entity,therefore organic practices feed the soil which in turn feed the plant. Organic farming is a management intensive, not a material intensive, technology; materials are a supplementary tool in a balanced farm management program. Organic farmers attempt to understand and work in harmony with the natural biological systems on the farm, not override them with chemicals (even naturally derived ones). They strive to develop cultural and biological means of crop nutrition and protection that are balanced, sustainable, and resilient.

I made a good friend of Vactav Petrik Sr. writer of Soil Processes. We became friends about 10 yr. ago he was working in practical microbiology and I was an organic farmer. If you would like to see some quotes from his work press Understanding the SoilI have been working with him for over 10 years and have taken leaf samples and soil samples of my farm and farms around me and have proved to myself that organic farming works.I get my soil Microbes from Mr. Petrik.Sr.and for years have watched my soil get richer and richer.

One of the greatest plantsman I know is Paul H. Thomson. I have learn a lot from this individual. Take a look at what he has to say about setting it up to have fresh fruit at all times. He got me off on the right foot. Taken from California Rare Fruit Growers: Volume 8 Number 1 February,1976 :::::::Fruits The Year Around::::::: Paul H. Thomson

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

California Rare Fruit GrowersFounded in 1968, California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG) is the largest amateur fruit-growing organization in the world,

Thailand / Tropical fruit I enjoy reading about tropical fruit and like this link another great tropical fruit page isAloha! Welcome to Hawaii's World Of Tropical Fruit

Institute of Organic Agriculture Informations about the Institute for Organic Agriculture (University Bonn, >Germany) can now be obtained via Internet:This home page at University of Bonn is in German , English Francais and Espanol.

Organic Certifier's Database Printout People are always asking "How can I get certified organic well here is a good a list of a lot of Organic Certifiers from the homepage of agAccess! agAccess is an agricultural and horticultural publishing company dedicated to sustainable agriculture through the worldwide publication and distribution of high quality, practical information.

Organic Growers of Michigan

Plants For A Future A Resource and Information Centre for Edible and other useful plants

I spent hours here learning how to prune trees HOW to Prune Trees thanks to USDA Forest Service

Keslick & Son, Modern Arboriculture & Landscape Maintenance

"What's Happening in Permaculture". A web page dedicated to bringing you events in Australia associated with the Permaculture movement. Courses, workshops, festivals, gatherings, groups in your area, contacts and important web links.

BGHBovine Growth HormoneI don't want it in my milk. Don't Panic Buy Organic

Pesticide Action Network North America ( (PANNA) is a nonprofit citizen-based NGO that advocates adoption of ecologically sound practices in place of pesticide use. PANNA works with over 90 affiliated organizations in Canada, Mexico and the U.S., and more than 400 PAN partner groups around the world, to promote sustainable agriculture, food security and social justice, and demand that development agencies and governments redirect support from pesticides to safe alternatives.

What was that weed? You may find a picture of it at Rutgers Cooperative Extension in the link called Weed Images and Descriptions

Enter More LinksLinks to other sights on the web that may be of interest

National Biological Control I nstitute USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

STING NEWSLETTER ON BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN GREENHOUSES

Florida Entomologist, the first long-published, refereed, natural science journal on the Internet.

ANBP Winter-Spring 1995Association of Natural Bio-Control Producers Bio-Control Matters News Quarterly of the Natural Bio-Control Industry

I get my live biological pest control from Rincon-Vitova Insectaries.
For bio-control information and for pictures of pests and their natural enemies I go to Entomology ColoState EDU.

If you want to see some great pictures of beneficial insects go to the Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System (F.A.I.R.S.) Take a look at their list of www handbooks . Their beneficial insects hand book is great.Beneficial Insects or check out the factsheets and insect pictures from the set produced by the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service - United States Department of Agriculture joint project. Clemson University factsheets

For bio-control of tropical pests try: Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Pest Management

Try to:Spot the Ladybug

This is a list of folks that have been of great help to me as an organic farmer List of folks to check out!

Press The Barn Owl and learn more about this flying cat and how he can help the organic farmer.

Artificial Perches for RaptorsPress if you want the plans and instructions to build perches

SIGHTS & SOUNDS FROM THE RAPTOR CENTER where you will find pictures and calls of RaptorsThe Raptor Center

Could you please Let me know how you like it here or just say hi Mail me as this will give me some idea as to if the homepage is being used. Thanks


I click WEATHER. to check the weather every day. News if you have time to read the news this homepage has news .I like reading the New Zeland News.They have a lot of organic news in that paper. and a lot of agricultural info.

Map Sites on the World Wide Web Maps are fun and useful to farmers this sight has the Tiger Maps from the U.S. Census Bureau , U.S. Geological Survey Home Page and many other interesting maps.

This is where I check out the traffic

I can even check prices being paid for the fruit moving at the Agricultural -Market NEWS and MISAgriculture Market Information System.

Fintrac Links to the World of Agriculture ,FINTRAC Market and postharvest information for tropical fruits.

In case you are relatively new to the World Wide Web, you may wish to read the NCSA Mosaic Demo Document. There is also the Suggested Starting Points for Internet Exploration. You may wish to use the following resources to keep track of the evolution of cyberspace and to find information on the Internet:

Again, thanks for visiting the don't panic eat organic home page . We hope to see you here again soon.

If you have enjoyed this home page or if you have any helpful tips and information for a organic farmer ,please send e-mail to Sals@rain.org, phone us at 805-684-5996.

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