Subject: [permaculture] BD, CT, EM, IM, FPE = special cultures in organic farming

From: Steve Diver <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 12:04:16 -0500

Larry asked for resources on:

"If anyone has anything to add on compost, EM, IM, fermented
plant extracts and 24 hour compost tea, that be much appreciated.."

There is no faster way to share resources on this than to just
list the SANET, BD-Now, and Compost postings where I
have summarized these already, in addition to the ATTRA
publications on CT and BD.

Somebody needed these last week, so I put the
following list together.  See resources below on BD,
CT, EM, IM, and FPE.

Especially see the long SANET post on November 6,
2002 regarding Fermented Plant Extracts and EM-FPE.

Fermented plant extracts -- most commonly done as
a plain liquid manure or plant extract -- though the use
of EM to make EM-FPE is growing -- is a dynamic
practice gaining increased usage in India, Africa, Asia,
and Central America where poor farmers need to obtain
fertility and pest control from local plants and simple
on-farm extraction methods.  See the SANET posting
for links to the really interesting and detailed work
underway in India.

EM (Effective Microorganisms) from the Kyusei Nature
Farming system in Japan.

EM-FPE, the EM-Fermented Plant Extracts.

IM (Indigenous Microorganisms), or IMO's, from the Korean
Natural Farming Association.

In January 2003, Gil Carandang and myself put on an IMO
workshop at the EcoFarm Conference in Asilomar, California.
Making these IMO cultures on the farm is one of the most
exciting developments I've seen in organic farming.  See
the SANET posting of January 19, 2003 for background
resources.

The book by Han Kyu Cho and Atsushi Koyama, "Korean
Natural Farming: Indigenous Microorganisms and Vital
Power of Crop/Livestock," is the primary source in English.
Yet, the book is not easy to obtain.  Gil Carandang is offering
his little booklet from the workshop, which is a photocopy of
his practical notes on making these IMO cultures as well as
illustrations from Han Kyu Cho's book.  If you can get to
one of Gil's workshop, you will have fun and learn a lot.
The Korean Natural Farming approach with IMO's add a
whole new dimension to your farming experience.

The solutions that result from CT, EM, IM and FPE can be
viewed as "special cultures" that contain beneficial microbes,
nutrients, and bioactive substances.

BD (biodynamics) has "special cultures" in the form of
CPP (Cow pat pit) or Barrell Compost (BC); Horn Manure
(BD 500), BD Preps, etc.

CT, EM, IM, FPE and BD "special cultures" are cutting edge
organic farming techniques in terms of fertility, biostimulation,
growth promotion, and biocontrol of pests and diseases.  Most
notably, these special cultures can be viewed as biocontrol
techniques in the rhizosphere and phyllosophere.

CT, EM, IM, FPE and BD are some of the advanced
organic farming approches that are being employed
to combat insect pests and diseases.  They offer
complex biological, chemical, physical, and energetic
interactions to manipulate plant physiology,
pests, and pest habitats.

Regards,
Steve Diver
ATTRA

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Topic:  Compost Teas

For reference, see:

Notes on Compost Tea
ATTRA
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/compost-tea-notes.html

Compost Teas for Plant Disease Control
ATTRA
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/comptea.html

Here are the two latest resources, beyond those
listed in the ATTRA publication "Notes on Compost Tea":

There is a Compost Tea Web Forum on Yahoo!Groups.

Compost Tea at Yahoo!Groups
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/compost_tea/

The following paper from Steve Scheuerell in the
journal Compost Science & Utilization contains the
very latest literature reviews.

Steve Scheuerell.  2002. Compost tea: Principles and prospects
for plant disease control (Literature review).  Compost Science
& Utilization. Autumn.  Vol. 10, No. 4.  page 313-
26 pages

Also see:

Subject:      Re: Species diversity + Plate Culture
Date:         Wed, 6 Nov 2002 10:51:37 -0600
Sender:       Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
                 [email-masked]
From:         Steve Diver <[email-masked]>
http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0211&L=sanet-mg&O=A&P=7413

_____ See notes on the Midwest Bio-Systems approach to
identify, select and culture beneficial microbial strains.  MBS
then uses selected strains as amendments to compost teas
to make a complete liquid biological tea/fertilizer/biocontrol.

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Topic:  Alternative Farming Systems:  terminology, concepts, practices

Subject:      Re: farming systems comparison
Date:         Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:06:26 -0600
Sender:       Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
                <[email-masked]>
From:         Steve Diver <[email-masked]>
http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0211&L=sanet-mg&P=R12433&I=-3

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Topic:  EM - Effective Microorganisms

See these postings on SANET, BD-Now, and USCC

Subject:    Re: Effective Micro-organisms (EM)
Date:         Mon, 23 Apr 2001 18:06:53 -0600
Sender:     Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
                  [email-masked]
From:         Steve Diver <[email-masked]>
http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0104&L=sanet-mg&P=R29647&I=-3

Subject:    Re: Effective Micro-organisms (EM)
Date:         Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:28:32 -0600
Reply-To: [email-masked]
Sender:      Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
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From:         Steve Diver <[email-masked]>
http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0104&L=sanet-mg&P=R31022&I=-3

Re: EM - was vortex pump
16 May 2002 21:20 UTC
BD-Now || Biodynamics Discussion List
by Steve Diver
http://csf.colorado.edu/archive/2002/bdnow/msg02466.html

[USCC] Re: produce waste storage
Thu Dec 6 20:18:52 2001
U.S. Compost Council List
Steve Diver [email-masked]
http://mailman.cloudnet.com/pipermail/compost/2001-December/003372.html

[USCC] Re: EM
Mon Feb 12 13:30:22 2001
U.S. Compost Council List
Steve Diver [email-masked]
http://mailman.cloudnet.com/pipermail/compost/2001-February/002495.html

Subject:     Re: COMPOSTING TECHNIQUES (Effective Microorganisms)
Date:         Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:25:50 -0600
Sender:      Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
                 [email-masked]
From:         Steve Diver <[email-masked]>
http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0203&L=sanet-mg&P=R31718&I=-3

Subject:     Re: Regulation of compost teas (Effective Microorganisms)
Date:         Wed, 6 Nov 2002 20:41:53 -0600
Sender:      Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
                 [email-masked]
From:         Steve Diver <[email-masked]>
http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0211&L=sanet-mg&O=A&P=8254

_____ Note:  This is the long post that contains notes on EM-FPE,
or EM-Fermented Plant Extracts, and the websites in India that
summarize this technology.

Subject:     Re: Beneficial Soil Microbia (Effective Microorganisms)
Date:         Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:35:18 -0600
Sender:      Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
                 [email-masked]
From:         Steve Diver <[email-masked]>
http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0212&L=sanet-mg&O=A&P=10020

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Topic: IM

See these postings on SANET and BD-Now

Subject:    Indigenous Microorganisms + Korean Natural Farming
                  Association
Date:         Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:00:57 -0600
Sender:     Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
                  [email-masked]
From:         Steve Diver <[email-masked]>
http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0301&L=sanet-mg&O=A&P=23043

Subject:     Re: Indigenous Microorganisms + Korean Natural
                   Farming Association
Date:         Sun, 19 Jan 2003 23:22:08 -0600
Sender:      Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
                 [email-masked]
From:         Steve Diver <[email-masked]>
http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0301&L=sanet-mg&O=A&P=23833

Subject:    Re: Soil Equilibrium
Date:         Fri, 3 Jan 2003 14:51:51 -0600
Sender:     Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
                  [email-masked]
From:         Steve Diver <[email-masked]>
http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0301&L=sanet-mg&O=A&P=4653

Fermented foods in China, book review
14 March 2003 03:01 UTC
BD-Now || Biodynamics Discussion List
by Steve Diver
http://csf.colorado.edu/archive/2003/bdnow/msg01674.html

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Topic:  Biodynamic Farming preparations and special cultures

For reference, see:

Biodynamic Farming & Compost Preparation
ATTRA
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/biodynamic.html

Also see:

Microbial assay of BD preps at ICRISAT (India) = microbial
antagonism
15 June 2002 22:23 UTC
BD-Now || Biodynamics Discussion List
by Steve Diver
http://csf.colorado.edu/archive/2002/bdnow/msg02815.html

Re: Microbial assay of BD preps at ICRISAT (India) =
       microbialantagonism
17 June 2002 16:30 UTC
BD-Now || Biodynamics Discussion List
by Steve Diver
http://csf.colorado.edu/archive/2002/bdnow/msg02850.html

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