Soil organic farming

Serenade has low human and environmental toxicity outside the target organisms, is broad spectrum and suitable for organic farming, there is no build up in the soil or groundwater, and it can be applied right up to harvesting. 

H. Ferris, R. C. Venette, and S. S. Lau, Dynamics of nematode communities in tomatoes grown in conventional and organic farming. sy.stems, and their impact on soil fertility. Appl. Soil Ecol. 3 161 (1996). 

The production and consumption of organic food has increased rapidly over the last 20 years. In Europe the land area under organic management increased from less than 0.1 to more than 6 million ha between 1985 and 2004. It is estimated that more than 30 million ha of land are farmed organically across more than 600,000 organic farms, creating an organic food and drinks market of more than 16.5 billion (= 24 billion = US 32 billion) (Soil Association, 2006). 

Mader P, Fliessbach A, Dubois D, Gunst L, Fried P and Niggli U (2002). Soil fertility and biodiversity in organic farming . Science, 296,1694—1697. 

Livestock husbandry is not explicitly addressed in the historical concepts of organic farming. Livestock provided manure and was therefore an important link in the crop and soil fertility chain. Livestock played a major role on its own only in biodynamic farming, especially cattle whose organs are described as important catalysts of processes and transmitters of cosmic energies (Steiner, 1929). Nonetheless, even the pioneers of biodynamic farming did not consider livestock husbandry from an ethical or animal welfare point of view. 

Fortune, S, Conway, J S, Philipps, L, Robinson, J S, Stockdale, E A and Watson, C (2000) N, P and K for some UK organic farming systems - implications for sustainability , in Rees, RM, Ball, B, Watson, C and Campbell, C, Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter and Sustainability, CABI, Wallingford, 286-293. 

Heaton, S. (2001). Organic Farming, Food Quality and Human Health. A review of the evidence, Soil Association, Bristol, Great Britain, 87 pp. 

Stockdale, E.A., Shepherd, M.A., Fortune, S. and Cuttle, S.P. (2002). Soil fertility in organic farming systems - fundamentally different Soil Use and Management, 18, 301-308. 

E. Lichtfouse (ed.), Sociology, Organic Farming, Climate Change and Soil Science, Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 3, DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3333-8 l,... 

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