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Organic Blueberry Farming

Organic blueberry farming is a sustainable farming that can help build the soil unlike any farming that is chemically based which in turn can deplete the soil.

Several organizations in and around the world can certify that organic blueberry farming is harmless to the environment and that it can improve or preserve soil fertility, farm sustainability and soil makeup.

In this article, you can learn several methods that clearly support organic farming in the United States. These major methods include Certified Organic, Conventional Farming, Naturally Grown and Certified which can prove that blueberries are well suited to organic growing as they only have few enemies.
 

Certified Organic or Organic
 

Organic certification is a certain process that aims to certify producers who’s into food labeled and agricultural products. The term “organic” is mainly used by the government to certify organically grown crops. Actually, organic production falls under the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA), wherein organic foods comply with the rules and standards set by the Federal Regulations. It can however, involve extensive and expensive record keeping which can be too expensive for small farmers but still practical because organic methods are used to grow crops. In fact, you are not allowed to market product labeled crops until unless you are certified by the National Organic Program of USDA.
 

Conventional
 

Apart from Certified Organic, conventional farming is another method used in the United States for growing blueberries. This method is not too harsh in the environment as well as in chemical agriculture. Small farms in across the earth are using chemicals moderately while following guidelines under the care of environmentalists.
 

Naturally Grown
 

Naturally Grown has clearly initiates for organic practices in terms of growing their products; however, some farms do not apply Certified Naturally Grown as mentioned above. Farmers are producing crops using organic methods but they don’t use the term “organically grown”. In some cases, restrictions when growing products may be too restrictive to some growers. Like for example, either toxic or non-toxic chemical is not allowed to be manufactured and used. This is a good policy but in some instances, it can be restrictive in day-to-day application.
 

On the other hand, Ammonium sulfate is available only in the form of a mineral called mascagnite, which is found in volcanic fumaroles. Since it is manufactured, many farmers are not permitted to use the mineral because it’s under the category of manufactured product.

Certified Naturally Grown
 

The fourth among the methods that support blueberry farming includes the Certified Naturally Grown (CNG). This program is a non-profit process that mainly provides farmers with less-expensive alternative to organic certification. This is based on the National Organic Program but only it includes more access on pasture requirements and better livestock circumstances. However, CNG is not an endorsed and regulated program by the said organization.
 

More so, CNG was created to guarantee all customers that the products have strictly passed the growing practices.
 

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