About. 5 Major Benefits of Organic Soil You Should Know About | Organic Farming Blog - Articles, Facts, Pros and Cons. A lot of people are talking about organic soil nowadays. If you check out various Internet blogs and discussion boards, you will see a considerable amount of information floating about it. Perhaps you are planning to use organic soil for your farm.
Is it a good idea then? Basically, what is organic soil? It is soil that has been kept away from the addition of any organic fertilizer and chemicals of any other sort such as pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, bactericides, etc. The soil is kept completely natural. No synthetic substances are allowed to come in contact with it, not even water that has been treated with chemicals. So, how does this soil prove to be better than the usual soil that we have been using for so long? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Hence, there are several advantages you stand to get if you use organic soil. Spring - Field and Feast. When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, There is always the garden. ~ Minnie Aumonier Wild arugula flowering in my garden. The seed catalogs have been arriving almost daily for weeks; the earth and air are beginning to warm. Spring is near, or maybe even here, and it’s the time when vegetable gardeners feel as though the year has really started.
The picture to the left is of wild arugula (which I planted several years ago), that reseeds itself and comes back every spring, and finds new places in my yard and garden to call home. I look at it more than use it. Although, it is fantastic in salads and pasta and bean dishes. This herb when in bloom, draws bees and other pollinators into the garden, so it’s definitely earning its keep. Spring has a way of making everything seem right with its promise of renewal. Multifonctionnalité de l’agriculture urbaine à Montréal : étude des discours au sein du programme des jardins communautaires. 1Depuis 2008, plus de la moitié de la population mondiale habite en ville (UNFPA, 2007). Face aux problèmes soulevés par le phénomène de l’urbanisation, l’ONU propose, à travers de nombreux rapports, la notion de ville viable.
Cette notion s’inscrit dans un champ plus large, celui de développement durable. Ce dernier tend à corréler les dimensions économique, sociale et environnementale et se dote d’un outil de mise en application avec l’Agenda 21 local. Le recensement des écrits portant sur la notion de ville viable depuis Rio 92 montre qu’il existe une bonne connaissance des problèmes et des solutions soulevés par le contexte urbain mais, qu’au-delà de la rhétorique, les actions concrètes pour une mise en œuvre d’une ville viable ne sont pas à l’image des discours et peuvent être même qualifiées de décevantes (Brunet, 2006). Figure1. D’après Duchemin et al. (2008). 6L’agriculture urbaine joue un rôle dans le cadre de l’aménagement urbain en fournissant des espaces verts. Tableau 1. CRAPAUD – Collectif de recherche en aménagement paysager et agriculture urbaine durable | Rêver et construire un ville verte et nourricière.