November 1, 2006

Managing risk in an inherently risky business, part 2

By Brett Grohsgal In the October issue, the author critiqued conventional approaches to risk management in farming. He then explained his own integrated approach, which include flexible marketing, diverse cropping and respectful resource management. Flexible marketing is fine. But we must have goods to sell regardless of the extremes of weather. Diverse cropping, the hallmark

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Harmful bacteria on tomato and pepper plants

AgriPhage, a product that controls harmful bacteria on tomato and pepper plants, has been approved by the Organic Materials Review Institute for use on organic crops. AgriPhage is produced from a scientific process designed to isolate, and then concentrate, naturally occurring bacteriophage. Bacteriophage, also known as “phage”, are beneficial viruses that destroy specific harmful bacteria

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