North Country Organics
Sales
POB 372, Bradford, VT 05033
(802) 222-4277 or fax: (802) 222-9661
ncoinfo@norganics.com
www.norganics.com
Azomite, greensand, phosphate rock
Bags to truckloads
P.J. Keating Company
Mike Trant
875 Phenix Ave., Cranston, RI 02921
(401) 942-7300, ext. 33 or fax: (401)
943-2780
mtrant@pjkeating.com
Stone dust & silt
250,000 tons
Restora Life Minerals, LLC
Larry Strite
439 Ramsey Ave., Ste G, Chambersburg, PA
17201
(800) 461-5513
lgsrlm@earthlink.net
Website under construction
Flora-Stim, MRX, Vita-tone, high-calcium
bentonite, marcasite clay from
Mississippi
"The Organic Program for Increased Farm
Profits" -- distributors welcome
Vulcan Minerals Company
Vulcan Minerals Company
Contact: see website for various
locations in 20 states -- click on
"facility finder"
www.vulcanmaterials.com
Granite, gravel screenings and pond
fines, limestone, dolomite
Primarily bulk tonnage
Dan Kittredge
Spencer Brook Farm, Concord, MA10/23/07
Tomatoes in full bloom and lush growth going through third flowering/fruiting cycle in MA. growing on soil that was last year not much more than low pH sand and gravel. A mix of rock powders was used to bring the plants to this state. Locally available granite schist, highly paramagnetic blacksand, high trace element spectrum summa minerals as well as high calcium lime and colloidal soft rock phosphate. None of the traditional fungus or wilt diseases struck or hornworms as can be easily seen by the lush growth and numerous fruiting ...
Julie Rawson
Julie Rawson
Founder and Manager, Many Hands Organic Farm CSA, Barre, MassachusettsExecutive Director, Northeast Farming Association (NOFA)
After success with some small scale testing with Ashfield Stone last year, we applied Suma Minerals this year (2007).
I have had over the top harvests of sugar snap peas. Last week we harvested over 200 pounds of peas from about 420 row feet of plants that rose to 8 or 9 feet in height. The leaves on things like chard, beets, flat leaf parsley are stronger and more turgid than I have known them to be. There are many fewer old and ...
Soil Remineralization Research Forum in Scotland Sponsored by Scottish EPA is Now Online!
Soil Remineralization Research Forum in Scotland Sponsored by Scottish EPA is Now Online!
Dr. Robin Szmidt of Active Compost Ltd is coordinator for the new Soil Remineralization Research Forum in Scotland. Sponsored by the Scottish Environment Agency (SEPA) the forum: promotes and develops membership by industry bodies, communities, and the public sector; assists the development and delivery of robust remineralization research; supports advisory activities in the sector; facilitates further funding for the generic development of remineralization; liaises with like-mi...
Organic Farming in Kathmandu
Organic Farming in Kathmandu
Winrock International's recent work in Kathmandu is helping farmers go organic and expand their market. The organization, which encourages environmentally sustainable economic development around the world, encourages local farmers to enrich their soil with rock dust.
Geologists from Brazil Produce Natural Fertilizer
RockAll is the first and only company in Brazil to produce natural fertilizers made of minerals found in rocks. Established by Prudêncio Rodrigues de Castro Júnior and José Carlos Alves Ferreira, the company is based in the the mid-western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso and the fertilizer is now ready for the international market.
Rockdust Is the New Organic!
Two of the leading Organic Certification bodies, namely OF&G (Organic Farmers and Growers) and SOPA (Scottish Organic Producers Association) have approved SEER Rockdust for use by their members. This means that such benefits as increased yield, pest and drought resistance, improved flavor and higher nutritional benefit can now be realised on a professional basis by the organic movement.
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