Sentences with phrase «since organic farming»

Since organic farming preserves the diversity of bacteria in the soil, it also preserves it in the food you eat.

Since organic farming currently accounts for such a small percentage of global agricultural production, Crowder said its effect on food security is not an immediate concern.

Since organic farms are mostly mixed farms, integrating animal husbandry with crop production, using vast and diverse rotations, intercrops and green cover crops, and maintaining soil fertility by cultivating nitrogen fixing legumes, they display a higher diversity of domesticated species than conventional farms.

Not exact matches

Carson's allegations have since been confirmed as legitimate, with the result that many pesticides are now banned and organic farming is expanding fast.

I couldn't keep myself away from our nearby organic strawberry farm, and as a result ended up with lots of berries that needed to find a home in one dish or another, since my freezer can only fit so much.

«Since the filing of our lawsuit last September, a host of organic stakeholders representing thousands of organic farming families, organic certifiers and organic policymakers — along with leading animal welfare and retail groups speaking out for millions of consumers — have joined our challenge,» Batcha said.

Manure Animal manure has been used as a fertility input on farms since the dawn of agriculture and remains the most important fertility source on organic farms today.

Since I used Wellsley Farms organic creamy pb and it's nothing but peanuts and salt, I thought I'd be clever and dig up the really solid layer at the bottom of the jar.

This is the first time scientific research has given an accurate picture of the long - term soil carbon storage on organic versus conventional farms throughout the U.S., since most studies focus on individual farms or total soil organic carbon.

Ex-Bellamy's Australia boss Laura McBain has made her first acquisition since joining listed Primary Opinion, snapping up a bio-dynamic organic dairy farm in South Australia for $ 34 million.

Hubert J. Karreman, VMD: Hubert Karreman has been involved with organic agriculture since 1988 when he was a herdsman at an organic / Biodynamic farm in Pennsylvania.

Our farm, Capay Organic, has been growing organically since 1976 and is proud to be third - party certified organic by CCOF.

Since 2000, Carrington Farms has been making delicious, 100 % organic, non-genetically modified Health Food Products accessible to nutrition - conscious consumers around the United States.

Located off of State Route 1 in an area of rolling coastal hills, the Ielmorini - Moody Dairy is a fourth - generation dairy farm producing high quality organic milk for Clover since 2013.

Over 50,000 coffee trees have been planted since 2000, and over two dozen farms have received organic certification.

The Organic Trade Association is working with the USDA to create a Certified Transition label program that will help farmers market their crops during the three - year transition to organic, since this is one of the biggest challenges to increasing organic farming.

Certified Organic since 1990, Champions Mountain Organics is the closest Certified Organic vegetable farm to Sydney.

It's been 10 years since the EU's last Action Plan for organic food and farming and it intends to have a new framework in place by 2020.

Additionally, transitioning farm land to organic is costly with limited return on investment since it takes three years to become eligible for organic certification.

About 15 years ago she certified six - and - a-half hectares of her family's farm on the outskirts of Byron Bay with Australian Certified Organic and has since grown organic fruit, vegetables and edible flowers.

Ex-Bellamy's Australia boss Laura McBain has made her first acquisition since joining listed Primary Opinion, snapping up a bio-dynamic organic dairy farm for $ 34m.

Since 1999, Monique has been responsible for research and demonstration projects in animal health and welfare, especially in organic and free range poultry farming.

Reganold et al. (1987) found during a long - term comparison (since 1948) of soils from selected conventional and organic farms of the same soil type near Spokane in Washington, USA, that topsoil was 16 cm thicker on organically managed plots.

Nature Bio-Foods Ltd (NBF), a pioneer in organic food grains since 1997, has taken great initiative to bring sustainability to small and marginal farms through organic agriculture production in combination with the world's highest ethical standards from Faitrade International, Germany and their FLO - Cert Fairtrade standard.

In Sweden, a working group made up of organic farmer groups, nature conservationists, Government agencies and universities has been working since 1997 to strengthen the links between organic agriculture and biodiversity conservation, and they set up biodiversity plans for organic farms.

Certified by Oregon Tilth, organic hop production has since become the major focus of the farm.

(Guinda, CA) Full Belly Farm has used organic practices since 1985 and is certified by California Certified Organic Farmers.

Farm gate sales of organic products have risen by 34 % since 2010.

The brainchild of Bob MacLeod and Steve Byckiewicz, two long time vegetarians searching for healthy body care alternatives, Kiss My Face was founded in 1981 on a 200 acre organic farm in New York's beautiful Hudson River Valley and has been operating out of a converted barn and feed store ever since.

For the most part, the farming industry has been reasonably healthy and stable with increased productivity and decreased employment almost every decade since the 1790s and earlier (new organic farms finally broke the trend in 2010).

The research farm at Beaumont is suitable for the study, Zhou noted, because it met the criteria to be certified organic in 2012 and has been maintained as such since.

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At Lundberg Family Farms, we've been producing high - quality, natural and organic products since 1937.

This is especially helpful if you use a pastured organic turkey from a local farm (more on that below) since they are not pre-brined like a conventional store - bought turkeys.

Since reading your books I have become involved with CSA programs from local organic farms in my area and also have a raw milk share from a local dairy with grass - fed cows (not to mention their grass - fed beef).

Since organic dairy farmers are prohibited from administering growth hormones used by factory dairy farms, they have less output — or you know, the normal amount of milk a normal cow should be producing.

Arbico Organics has been specializing in the livestock and agricultural industry since 1979 to help transition farms to organic standards and sustainable practices.

Try to choose organic products, since animals aren't accustomed to digesting the chemical products often found in farmed 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.

Rodale has been doing side - by - side testing of organic and GMO crops since the early 80s, and during times of drought they are finding that organics outperformed industrial farming techniques by 31 percent (you can check out the Rodale report (pdf) here).

«Had today's technophobic zealots [environmental activists] been in charge in previous centuries, we would have to roll human progress back to the Middle Ages — and beyond, since even fire, the wheel and organic farming pose risks, and none would have passed the «absolute safety» test the zealots demand.

However, because of the convenience and labor - saving methods of conventional agriculture, organic farming has taken a back seat since the technological breakthroughs that led to significant yields beginning in the 1940s, called the green revolution (not to be confused with today's «green» practices designed to minimize environmental impacts).

Since starting in 1988, Holden has built the association by focussing on the development of an infrastructure, production capacity and standards for sustainable farming of organic food.About 4,000 farms and businesses adhere to its strict criteria and 44,000 products carry its symbol.

Since joining Rodale Institute in December 2010, he has brought heritage livestock back to the institute's 333 - acre farm, expanded and enhanced its research efforts, and launched Your 2 Cents, a national campaign to support and promote new organic farmers.