The
The Newsletter of the Ecological Landscaping Association Vol.
16,No.
2 Summer 2009
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ISSN 1554-656X
1 OrganicFertilizers
3 CompostTeas Prevent Disease
4 Biochar’s Sustainability Potential
6 Members...
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The
The Newsletter of the Ecological Landscaping Association Vol.
16,No.
2 Summer 2009
Because land doesn’t come with a manual… Price $2.
00
ISSN 1554-656X
1 OrganicFertilizers
3 CompostTeas Prevent Disease
4 Biochar’s Sustainability Potential
6 Members Making a Difference: Marie Stella
7 Edibles in the Landscape
11 Gleanings & Events
12 New Member Benefit
c o n t e n t s
Organic Fertilizers, nutrient
thrOughput, and the sOil FOOd Web:
an intervieW With shepherd Ogden
Shepherd Ogden is an independent consultant to the organic
industry, specializing in startups.
We are grateful to Bill Skerrett
at ICT Organics for putting us in touch with him.
—Ed.
How do various categories of organic fertilizers
compare in terms of sources of nitrogen, phosphorus,
and potassium?
The N-P-K question is only one of a range that is appropriate to the discussion of organic fertilizer options.
One of the things we
have learned from the
growth of organic agriculture is that not all
ecological impacts are
Less