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NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care, 6th Edition
The NOFA Organic Land Care Committee was formed in 1999 to extend the vision and principles of organic agriculture to the care of the landscapes where most people live, work, and carry out their daily lives. The Committee first developed NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care, Practices for Design and Maintenance of Ecological Landscapes in 2001 to present a vision of how organic agricultural principles can be applied to the landscaping profession.
The Standards are the result of years of work by landscape professionals, scientists and citizen activists who donated their time to produce the most complete reference for what qualifies as organic land management. The Standards go far beyond how to grow an organic lawn. They present a philosophy of ecological stewardship in designing and maintaining landscapes. A CT NOFA Committee reviews and updates these Standards approximately every three years. The 6th edition, published in November 2017, is now available as a PDF and in printed form.
The NOFA Standards are also the foundation of the NOFA Accreditation Course in Organic Land Care – an education and accreditation program so as to ensure the growth of the organic landscaping industry in the United States. We believe that all organically land care services will meet or exceed these standards. To learn about NOFA Accreditation, click here.
- PDF of The NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care, 6th edition, November, 2017
- To order a hard-copy of the standards, click here.
Introduction to Organic Lawns and Yards (IOLY) booklet
(2nd Edition)
NOFA OLC has published this beautiful, 52-page booklet especially for people new to organic landscaping. “This is a fantastic primer for organic lawn and garden care that provides the inspiration and scientific guidance to carefully look at our landscaping practices in a wider environmental context.” -Cormac Collier, Executive Director, Nantucket Land Council, MA.
Printed on 80 lb glossy paper, and saddle stitched into a nice 8.5″x8.5″ , a booklet for the keeping.
Price: $6 , bulk order of five or more $3.25-4.25 per copy.
View bulk order pricing sheet for 2nd edition – available NOW.
- To read a PDF version of the Introduction to Organic Lawns & Yards (IOLY) booklet, click here.
- To order a copy Introduction to Organic Lawns and Yards (IOLY) booklet, click here.
NOFA OLC has published this beautiful, 52-page booklet especially for people new to organic landscaping. “This is a fantastic primer for organic lawn and garden care that provides the inspiration and scientific guidance to carefully look at our landscaping practices in a wider environmental context.” -Cormac Collier, Executive Director, Nantucket Land Council, MA.
Printed on 80 lb glossy paper, and saddle stitched into a nice 8.5″x8.5″ , a booklet for the keeping.
Price: $6 , bulk order of five or more $3.25-4.25 per copy.
View bulk order pricing sheet for 2nd edition – available NOW.
- To read a PDF version of the Introduction to Organic Lawns & Yards (IOLY) booklet, click here.
- To order a copy Introduction to Organic Lawns and Yards (IOLY) booklet, click here.
NOFA Organic Lawn Care Guide
This NOFA Organic Lawn Care Guide is an 8.5″ x 8.5″, 58 page text book created for the Organic Lawn Care Certificate Course. The book includes sections on salt and fresh water ecology, soil heatlh, introduction to organic land care, organic lawn care business practices, three detailed sections on organic turf care.
This work is supported with funding from the Long Island Sound Futures Fund. Material for the publication is built, in part upon the NOFA Organic Lawn and Turf Handbook, along with chapter contributions from: Judy Preston, Diba Khan-Buerau, Chip Osborne, Frank Crandall, Thomas Barry and Mary-beth Hart.
Print Edition Unavailable – View a PDF here.
Organic Lawn Fertilizer Fact Sheet
After three lawn courses, it was determined that many lawn care providers have difficulty describing how much nitrogen and phosphorous they apply to their lawns. This may mean that providers are not applying the desired amount of fertilizer as well. Chip Osborne and Bernadette Giblin have crafted this excellent resource for calculating and applying accurate amounts of organic fertilizer.
To download the fact sheet click HERE
Survey of Students Who Took The Online Lawn Certificate Course
To read the full survey report click HERE