Sentences with phrase «conventional farming also»

Conventional farming also causes soil erosion, greenhouse gas emission, increased pest resistance and loss of biodiversity.

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I would also say that the potential exists for a well - run conventional farm to have a smaller environmental impact than a poorly run organic farm.

Furthering the Company's mission to Inspire the Fresh Revolution, Bolthouse Farms is also adding more culinary variety to their existing refrigerated dressing line - up with three new organic and two new conventional dressings.

Farming animals in a free range environment while also keeping the natural environment in good shape and protecting biodiversity can also mean certified organic farmers run less animals than conventional farms.

Also, negative externalities caused by conventional farming are not accounted for in the price of food.

Factory - farmed meat also has a higher ratio of Omega - 6 to Omega - 3 fats, so if you're concerned about inflammation, eating a lot of fatty conventional pork or chicken isn't the best idea.

Non-organic cocoa may also contain residues of the dangerous herbicide glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup), among many other biocides used in conventional farming, so the consumer must take special care to avoid these moral and physiological pitfalls.

I also coach them on the ways to find meat from trustworthy farms and avoid conventional meat.

Our studies, which are the longest - running side - by - side studies of conventional and organic farming in the nation, also show that the organic approach does not compromise yield — in fact in drought years it increases it since more carbon in the soil allows it to hold more water.

The Department also oversees the Farming Systems Trial (FST), the oldest continuous trial in the US that compares organic and conventional farming sFarming Systems Trial (FST), the oldest continuous trial in the US that compares organic and conventional farming sfarming systems.

«Organic farming approaches for these crops not only use an average of 30 percent less fossil energy but also conserve more water in the soil, induce less erosion, maintain soil quality and conserve more biological resources than conventional farming does,» Pimentel added.

Also, I'm betting some of the rate increase for electricity is due to building new conventional grid to connect solar and wind farms.

The combination of tine weeding and perennial cover crops has also allowed the farm to reduce or eliminate herbicide use on the conventional side of the farm.

The study found that organic practices outperformed traditional methods and chemical - intensive conventional farming and also found strong environmental benefits such as improved soil fertility, better retention of water and resistance to drought.

Recombinant bovine growth hormone, also called rBGH, and recombinant bovine somatotropin, or rBST, are chemically engineered hormones used on many conventional dairy farms to increase a cow's milk production, sometimes by as much as a gallon per day per cow.

A subsequent review of the Rodale work by David Pimentel also was cited, in which he stated: - «In the United States, organic farming systems use just 63 percent of the energy required by conventional farming systems,..»