Sanchez, Elsa2015-07-312015-07-312008-09-10http://hdl.handle.net/10919/55048In organic growing the philosophy behind soil fertility is to feed the soil and the soil in turn will feed the cash crop. Cover crops, green manures, animal manures and sound crop rotations are used to improve and/or maintain soil fertility. This article focuses on the use of green manures.2 pagesapplication/pdfen-USVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.SoilsExtension publicationhttp://pubs.ext.vt.edu/2906/2906-1374/2906-1374_pdf.pdfGreen manuresOrganic farmingCover crops