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Sustainable Slippery Rock: The agricultural ecosystem
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Is sustainable really better? Soil Parts & Functions. Crop Growth & Nutrition. Composting & other approaches. Envisioning, Supporting, and Celebrating Sustainability in the Slippery Rock Area. But simpler is not really better. A complex natural ecosystem, with its many species, operates with an intricate web of interrelationships among the species. They can be pictured in a very simplified diagram:. These are the basic steps in a. These may include moderating the local weather (less extreme temperature a...
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Sustainable Slippery Rock: Sustainable Agriculture
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Is sustainable really better? Soil Parts & Functions. Crop Growth & Nutrition. Composting & other approaches. Envisioning, Supporting, and Celebrating Sustainability in the Slippery Rock Area. If you like to eat, then you should be concerned about how your food is grown and processed. Most people realize that eating a poor diet can lead to poor health or an early death. Yet, sadly, too few in our overfed (and undernourished) society seem to care about what they consume. Is sustainable really better?
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Sustainable Slippery Rock: Improving soil
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Is sustainable really better? Soil Parts & Functions. Crop Growth & Nutrition. Composting & other approaches. Envisioning, Supporting, and Celebrating Sustainability in the Slippery Rock Area. If you think your farm or garden soil is not ideal, you can do a lot to improve it. Some indicator signs that soil is not as good as it should be include:. There is little or no evidence of earthworms (however, in some regions, earthworms are not normally present, such as arid or desert regions, and sandy soils).
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Sustainable Slippery Rock: Marcellus Shale Resources
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Is sustainable really better? Soil Parts & Functions. Crop Growth & Nutrition. Composting & other approaches. Envisioning, Supporting, and Celebrating Sustainability in the Slippery Rock Area. Thanks to Dave Taylor, below are valuable resources to learn more about Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling in our area. All documents below are in PDF format. Explores the issues surrounding the possible economic and environmental impact of drilling in our area. Oil and Gas Leases. Arborday.org – Planting Trees.
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Sustainable Slippery Rock: Attacking problems
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Is sustainable really better? Soil Parts & Functions. Crop Growth & Nutrition. Composting & other approaches. Envisioning, Supporting, and Celebrating Sustainability in the Slippery Rock Area. Anyone who is even slightly aware of the news realizes that the world is afflicted by problems. From our personal lives to international relations to the environment, there are challenges and difficulties. And it is fair to say that many them are human-caused in some way. Although some agricultural problems are lar...
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Sustainable Slippery Rock: Events
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Is sustainable really better? Soil Parts & Functions. Crop Growth & Nutrition. Composting & other approaches. Envisioning, Supporting, and Celebrating Sustainability in the Slippery Rock Area. To view this calendar full screen click here. Current Events Fall 2013. Please see the calendar above and the home. Page of our site. July 27, 2013. Energizing for a Sustainable Future. July 27, 2013, Noon-5 PM. Carousel Shelter, Alameda Park. February 14, 2013. Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 @ 7:00 pm. Slippery Rock, PA.
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Sustainable Slippery Rock: Crop Growth & Nutrition
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Is sustainable really better? Soil Parts & Functions. Crop Growth & Nutrition. Composting & other approaches. Envisioning, Supporting, and Celebrating Sustainability in the Slippery Rock Area. Crop Growth & Nutrition. Not all soil salt is the same as table salt (sodium chloride), but several kinds of chemical salts may be involved, such as potassium chloride, ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate and urea. The major nutrients are:. Nitrogen plus oxygen) and. This element is needed by plants to make nucleic...
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Sustainable Slippery Rock: Energy
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Is sustainable really better? Soil Parts & Functions. Crop Growth & Nutrition. Composting & other approaches. Envisioning, Supporting, and Celebrating Sustainability in the Slippery Rock Area. Look here for resources on local resources and sustainable energy sources. Arborday.org – Planting Trees. DCNR Calendar of Events. Northwest PA Growers Cooperative. PA CleanWays of Butler-Lawrence Counties. Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts [PACD]. Pennsylvania Buy Fresh Buy Local.
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May, 2015 | Sustainable Slippery Rock
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Is sustainable really better? Soil Parts & Functions. Crop Growth & Nutrition. Composting & other approaches. Envisioning, Supporting, and Celebrating Sustainability in the Slippery Rock Area. You are currently browsing the Sustainable Slippery Rock. Blog archives for May, 2015. Archive for May, 2015. Slippery Rock Community Farmers’ Market is open for the season! May 11th, 2015 Author: Becky Lubold. Posted in Food Production - Distribution. Local Groups and Networking. DCNR Calendar of Events. Pennsylva...
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Sustainable Slippery Rock: Community
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Is sustainable really better? Soil Parts & Functions. Crop Growth & Nutrition. Composting & other approaches. Envisioning, Supporting, and Celebrating Sustainability in the Slippery Rock Area. Information regarding the community and details about organizations in our area will appear here. Arborday.org – Planting Trees. DCNR Calendar of Events. Northwest PA Growers Cooperative. PA CleanWays of Butler-Lawrence Counties. Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts [PACD].
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