Cultivation is a purposefully broader concept than simply digging or tilling the soil—cultivation involves an array of tools, materials and methods that, when properly combined, promote and maintain optimum soil health and good tilth, a composite term for the overall physical characteristics of a soil (texture, structure, permeability, consistency, drainage, and water-holding capacity). In short, tilth equals the workability of a soil in relationship to its ability to grow plants. This unit introduces students to the tools, techniques, and rationale behind traditional French-intensive organic gardening and mechanized, field-scale soil cultivation. Beginning with the concepts of soil cultivation and tillage, students…
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Full-time students who are New York State residents may be eligible for a TAP grant ranging from $500 to full tuition per year. New York State residents who are registered for 6–11 credits in a degree program may be eligible for Aid for Part-Time Students (APTS) or Part-Time TAP. For more information, visit fitnyc.edu/financialaid or hesc.com. Only courses required for the student’s current degree program will count toward TAP enrollment. Regulations require that full-time students receiving state awards complete a minimum number of credits each term in a registered or otherwise approved program with a minimum GPA, and accumulate enough…
Soil health and fertility defined (see www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/health/, and soilhealth.cals.cornell.edu/) a) “Soil health” and “soil quality” can be used interchangeably. They are: The capacity of a soil to function, within land use and ecosystem boundaries, to sustain biological productivity, maintain environmental quality, and promote plant, animal, and human health (Doran and Parkin 1994). b) Soil fertility is a feature of soil health as applied to agroecosystems. It is the capacity of a soil to provide nutrients required by plants for growth. c) Soil health is established through the interactions of soil’s physical, chemical, and biological, properties (see more at Supplement 1,…
Feed the soil to feed the plant” is a basic principle of organic farming and gardening. This unit introduces students to the ways that farmers and gardeners develop and maintain soil health and fertility in organic farming systems. Two lectures describe the objectives and components of soil health management and the various practices used to develop and maintain healthy, fertile soil. Supplements offer an overview of the soil ecosystem, and address the way that sustainable soil management practices can combat the environmental and social problems created by soil erosion. Read more about: bloggingideas.org. Note that this unit introduces and integrates…
Upon the slaughter of a well-rested beef animal, a series of events takes place that leads to the production of meat. Lawrie106 discussed these events in great detail, and they are presented here only in outline form. The following are stages of an animal’s slaughter: 1. Its circulation ceases: the ability to resynthesize ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is lost; lack of ATP causes actin and myosin to combine to form actomyosin, which leads to a stiffening of muscles. 2. The oxygen supply falls, resulting in a reduction of the O/R (oxidation–reduction) potential. 3. The supply of vitamins and antioxidants ceases, resulting…
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