UK Organics: Organic Foods

I thought this was a well built site that tells about foods grown by organic means. The organization was discovered some time in the 80s and farm in UK as well as internationally. This will definitly contribute to our knowleadge of organic farming, because I dont think we looked up too much on the food side of the aspect rather than the farming process itself.
http://www.organicfarmfoods.co.uk/index.php

Last Organization for now

This one is the Humane Farming Association and they go into detail about how they are associated with Factory Farming and alot of information concerning animals, also they skim the fight between family farms with the massive factory farms. This will help us with company statistic views for our news report.
http://www.hfa.org/factory/index.html

Day 2 of organizations

This isn't directly an orginzation but the subject was researched by scientists

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2006/03/30/future-farming060330.html

Interview Aftermath Work

After filming our news interview at the Farmers Market in North Park, I decided we needed more info about certain orginzations and more of their incite so I will dedicate a week to posting things on that... :D
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/ofp/ofp.shtml

http://isariamwende.blogspot.com/2005/06/traditional-farming-practises.html

I found this on our blogger website (no, it's not from any student at HTH), I figured we were lacking on Traditional Farming information so here's my last post on it for now. *prepare for a long read*

Here's a couple of links I'm using for information, they're really long so just try to skim it or whatever...

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/south/cultures/inca.html

http://www.lost-civilizations.net/inca-civilization.html

http://incas.perucultural.org.pe/english/hissurg6.htm

http://lsa.colorado.edu/~lsa/texts/Incas.html

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/INCAS.HTM

http://library.thinkquest.org/5058/inca.htm

http://coe.fgcu.edu/students/webb/meso/inca.htm

http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Incas.html

I know alot of them repeat some of the same information, but alot of them have their rarities.

More to come !!

Farming News Report

Hey, I didn't know how to link it so I'll just copy it on here,


Farming News Report

Chris: Hello, welcome to another episode of

Adrian: Today we’ll be discussing the differences in Traditional and Organic Agricultural Farming.

Traditional Farming Clip Start

Chris: In traditional farming, farmers use pesticides and other possibly harmful chemicals to keep animals and bugs off the produce.

Clips of Organic Farming

Adrian: Organic Farming, known to be the healthier and environmentally friendly type, is well-known through out the farming community. It differs from traditional farming by refraining from using certain types of chemicals such as synthetics and less amount of water consumption used

Chris: Now to Olivia with

Interview

Chris: Which is the type of farming you want for you and your children?

Adrian: What would you rather have? Perfect fruits and vegetables or environmentally friendly produce

Chris: we shown you the facts, you decide

Adrian: Until next time, I’m Adrian White

Chris: And I’m Chris Ring, giving you the facts that you want…

(Fade to black)

First Traditional Farming post

http://www.tropag-fieldtrip.cornell.edu/tradag/intro.html

This is explaining about ancient farmers who use the traditional ways of farming. I think this will be important to our group because we need both sides of the topics to compare/contrast them and this is a very informative site.

Organic Farming History

Background

"Organic production has been practiced in the United States since the late 1940s. From that time, the industry has grown from experimental garden plots to large farms with surplus products sold under a special organic label. Food manufacturers have developed organic processed products and many retail marketing chains specialize in the sale of "organic" products. This growth stimulated a need for verification that products are indeed produced according to certain standards. Thus, the organic certification industry also evolved.

More than 40 private organizations and state agencies (certifiers) currently certify organic food, but their standards for growing and labeling organic food may differ. For example, some agencies may permit or prohibit different pesticides or fertilizers in growing organic food. In addition, the language contained in seals, labels, and logos approved by organic certifiers may differ. By the late 1980s, after an attempt to develop a consensus of production and certification standards, the organic industry petitioned Congress to draft the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA) defining "organic"."

Just a clipping from a organization's site that has a lot of info about their company organic farming/agriculture.

http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/torg.html#Background

Future posts will be on Traditional Farming.

First Beyond the Border Post

Organic farming uses 30% less energy than traditional agriculture
"Because it relies on a concept that does not use synthetic chemicals, organic famring typically consume 30% less energy and it uses less water than traditional agriculture. Organic farming also have better yields when there is a dry summer."

I thought this would be useful because it applies directly to our subject and any facts are useful starting off in the project.

http://organiclifestyle.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/organic-farming-uses-30-less-energy-than-traditional-agriculture/