List of organic gardening and farming topics

An organic garden on a school campus

This is a list of organic farming and gardening topics.

Techniques

• Aquaponics
• Companion planting
• Intercropping
• Multiple cropping
• No dig gardening
• Pollination management
• Sheet mulching
• Square foot gardening
• Succession planting
• Weed control techniques (see also 'weeds' below)

• Stale seed bed

• Xeriscaping (water wise gardening)

• Greywater irrigation

• List of companion plants
• Neglected crops
• Underutilized crops

Organic farming and gardening systems and approaches

• Biodynamic farming
• Biodynamic gardening
• Forest gardening
• History of organic farming
• Organic farming
• Organic farming methods
• Organic gardening (Organic horticulture)
• Permaculture
• Square foot gardening
• Synergistic gardening
• Vegan organic gardening
• Wildlife gardening

The ornamental organic garden

• List of flowers
• Organic lawn management

Pests and diseases

An IPM bollworm trap in a cotton field (Manning, South Carolina): a type of integrated pest management.

• Integrated pest management
• Biological pest control
• Physiological plant disorders (i.e., plant disorders caused by environmental factors, such as weather conditions, nutrient deficiencies, etc.)

Nutrient deficiencies

• Boron deficiency
• Calcium deficiency
• Iron deficiency
• Magnesium deficiency
• Manganese deficiency
• Nitrogen deficiency
• Phosphorus deficiency
• Potassium deficiency

• Plant pathology (i.e., plant diseases caused by fungi, viruses, bacteria, etc.)

• Honey fungus
• Specific replant disease
• Rust (fungus)
• Disease resistance in fruit and vegetables

Weeds

• Indicator plants
• Dynamic accumulator

Organic organizations

• Howard Garrett the Dirt Doctor - Organic Gardening & Living
• OCIA, International Organic Crop Improvement Association
• Good Gardeners Association (UK)
• Garden Organic, formerly the Henry Doubleday Research Association (main organisation promoting organic gardening in the UK)
• International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
• Permaculture Association (Britain)
• Rodale Institute Rodale Institute
• Soil Association (UK)
• Certified Naturally Grown
• Vegan Organic Network
• World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
  • NEWOOF North East USA
  • SEWWOOF South East USA
• Carolina Farm Stewardship Association For North and South Carolina, of the US, the leading organic farming advocacy and certification institution.
• Biodynamic Farming & Gardening Association (U.S.)
• Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association (IOFGA) Organic certification and promotion body in Ireland.

Some important figures in organic farming and gardening

• Alan Chadwick
• Alan Gear
• Bill Mollison
• Bob Flowerdew
• Carol Deppe
• Dan Jason
• Dr Shewell Cooper
• Eliot Coleman
• Emilia Hazelip
• Geoff Hamilton
• Helen and Scott Nearing
• Howard Garrett
• J.I. Rodale
• Jim Cochran
• John Jeavons
• Joy Larkcom
• Lady Eve Balfour
• Lawrence D Hills
• Marc Bonfils
• Masanobu Fukuoka
• Michelle Obama
• Peter Caddy
• Prince Charles
• Prince Philip
• Robert Hart
• Ruth Stout
• Sir Albert Howard

See also

• Aquaponics
• Botany
• Community-supported agriculture
• Farmers' markets
• List of countries with organic agriculture regulation
• Local food
• Organic certification
• Organic cotton
• Organic food
• Organic horticulture
• Organic movement
• Orthodox seed
• Recalcitrant seed
• Terra preta
• Wildcrafting

Related lists

• List of environment topics
• List of ethics topics
• List of sustainable agriculture topics
• Urban economics