According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), organic food is produced without the use of most conventional pesticides and no synthetic ingredients, sewage sludge, bioengineering, or radiation. For meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products this means that the animals are given no ...
Conventional pesticides far more dangerous than organic alternatives, study findsNew research has highlighted that chemical pesticides are far more dangerous for the environment and public health than their natural alternatives used in organic farming.Food and Agricultural Policy Weedkly Briefing...
Other factors need to be looked at when considering which is more expensive between organic and conventional food, for example, the amount spent on buying herbicides, pesticides, growth hormones and other chemicals used in conventional farming or the amount spent in cleaning the environment due to ...
Organic vs conventional The article offers information about the benefits of organic foods. The author compares the traditional foods (TF) that are grown using pesticides and othe... AW Campbell - 《Altern Ther Health Med》 被引量: 4发表: 2012年 Organic vs. conventional agriculture: knowledge,...
I find that pesticides used in organic production reduced the negative environmental impacts to surface water, groundwater, soil, air, and pollinators compared to pesticides used in conventional production. However, the difference in the environmental impacts of pesticide use between the two production...
systems received no chemical fertilizers or pesticides. Findings: •Yields for corn and soy were the same between organic & conventional •Organic used 30% less energy, and less water •Organic resulted in less groundwater pollution & less erosion ...
Riverford Organic Vegetables says the letter of organic ‘law’ means avoiding pesticides and chemicals, but founder Guy Watson says that if he uses any at all, it is in the region of 1% of what growers use in conventional farming methods. Such a small percentage may reassure some, but Prof...
Topics discussed include increase in the sale of organic food according to the Organic Trade Association, lack of genetically modified ingredients or antibiotics in organic foods, farmers growing crops with chemical fertilizers, and controlling the intake of pesticides by conventional food consumption. ...
Chemical pesticides and artificial fertilisers have been in widespread use in farming since the middle of the 20th century. When they were first introduced, many farmers welcomed them as a great way to fight crop disease and increase production. Over time, however, what some scientists h...
Wavering in the produce section of a Manhattan grocery store, I was unable to decide between an organic apple and a nonorganic apple (which was labeled conventional, since that sounds better than "sprayed with pesticides that might kill you"). It shouldn't have been a tough choice--who ...