Sentences with phrase «as organic crops»

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Lumi is helping area farmers get organic - certified, which would open up a new market for their crops as well as lower the company's production costs.

Instead of plowing, farmers leave crop residue on fields after the harvest where it acts as a mulch to protect soil from erosion and a source of organic matter.

The researchers say their interest was piqued after seeing a study that positioned organic agriculture as less productive than conventional, with lower crop yields.

Yesterday, five judges of the International Tribunal against Monsanto stated in their advisory opinion that the corporation «has engaged in practices which have negatively impacted the right to a healthy environment, the right to food, and the right to health» citing its widespread dissemination of dangerous agrochemicals in industrial agriculture, the introduction and release of GM crops, and introduction of persistent organic pollutants such as PCB in the environment.

Australia's largest organic certification agency, Australian Organic, has branded the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources» proposal for the mandatory fungicide spraying of some imported crop seeds as a threat to jobs, growth and investment.

Vegetable growers ranked weeds as number one obstacle to organic crop production.

Any presence of GM would deem a product or a crop to be sold as conventional, not certified organic.

Improving water infiltration and retention capacity through high levels of organic matter and permanent soil cover, such as cover crops or mulch, which substantially reduce the amount of water needed for irrigation.

Golden Rice could likewise co-exist with other crops, including other types of rice and rice grown in other ways such as in organic agriculture.

It is considered as a holistic and dynamic approach of incorporating organic and permaculture farming practices including crop rotation, conservation tillage, composting, cover crops, pasture cropping, and mobile animal shelters to increases the farmer's income and food production.

Supply shortages still crop up, especially for those ingredients in the organic market that take longer to establish supplies for — such as grains and produce.

Crop contamination from these residues represents a major challenge for organic — as well as for our whole food system.

National policies should be created to incentivize producers to change the way they manage their farming systems and adopt natural water retention measures used in organic agriculture such as green cover and intercropping as well as diversifying farmers» crop and income base so they have something to fall back on when drought strikes.

For this reason, organic farms tend to be a lot smaller than non-organic manufacturers and more time (and usually more care) is given to the crops as they grow and are harvested.

As an example of using organic mechanisms to control pests, one of Organic Crop Protectant's products, Eco Oil, attracts natural predators such as lady beetles to attack plant pests such as scale, aphids, mites and leafminerAs an example of using organic mechanisms to control pests, one of Organic Crop Protectant's products, Eco Oil, attracts natural predators such as lady beetles to attack plant pests such as scale, aphids, mites and leafmineras lady beetles to attack plant pests such as scale, aphids, mites and leafmineras scale, aphids, mites and leafminers.

Organic agriculture is an important source of income for island residents, especially as fisheries become depleted, and organic crops help reduce the need to import so much fresh food and minimize the introduction of invasive species that arrive in these shipments.

Soil building practices such as crop rotations, inter-cropping, symbiotic associations, cover crops, organic fertilizers and minimum tillage are central to organic practices.

If you choose to eat or drink soy occasionally, please look out for organic non-GMO labels, this is really important as soy is the most widely grown crop in the world, a large proportion of soy in the world is GMO!

Research at the Azienda Agraria Sperimentale Stuard includes techniques of fertilization, crop rotation, integrated pest management, protection and balance of nutrients in the soil as well as organic cultivation.

Generally, organic soil management techniques such as organic fertilization, mulching and cover cropping improve soil structure and therefore increase the soil's water infiltration and retention capacity, substantially reducing the risk of erosion.

In the United States of America, at the end of the 1990s, well under 1 percent of crop and pastureland was certified as organic (i.e. 545000 ha15) despite a rapid expansion (23 percent per annum) of retail sales during that decade.

Exporters such as African Fair Trade participate in the programme as a buyer of organic cotton, but also providing crop finance and guaranteeing a minimum fair price to the farmers.

Errol Schweizer, national grocery buyer at Whole Foods, said he was already seeing shortages in organic and conventional seeds, as well as in commodity ingredients sourced from conventional crops.

As livestock generally provides a lower return per hectare than crops, organic cereal / livestock producers are doubly disadvantaged as they have lower yields, especially during conversion, and a less favourable output miAs livestock generally provides a lower return per hectare than crops, organic cereal / livestock producers are doubly disadvantaged as they have lower yields, especially during conversion, and a less favourable output mias they have lower yields, especially during conversion, and a less favourable output mix.

The study authors looked at wheat — a crop that the Nature paper identified as one that badly lags in yield for organic producers.

Table 5: Carbon sequestration by organic and conventional framing systems as a result of different crop rotations *

Which I actually think is fabulous, as it's encouraging organic farming and reduced pesticide usage worldwide, particularly in developing countries, showing them that there is a distinct financial advantage in not spraying the crops they grow.

Farmers of certified organic cotton are subject to the same standards as other crop growers in the US.

Prioritizing renewable materials generally produced from agricultural crops, such as organic cotton, wool, sisal, cork, and bamboo, and products made from wood derived from certified well - managed forests is part of this mindset.

The principal differences between organic farming and conventional farming are the former's extensive restriction of the use of artificial pesticides, fertilisers and other agro-chemicals; its hostility to the agricultural application of biotechnology; its rejection of the routine use of pharmaceuticals on livestock; its attention to animal welfare; and its focus on crop rotation, soil quality and maintaining biological diversity as alternatives to chemicals.

As food security becomes an increasingly important global issue, scientists are looking for the best way to maintain the organic matter in soils using different methods of fertilization and crop rotation.

Because organic agriculture produces on average only half the yield of crops per unit of land as conventional farming, any mass conversion to organic would end up using much more land.

Heat might be expected to harm a crop (or force farms to move poleward), but added carbon dioxide, which all plants use to make organic matter, might act as a fertilizer.

Although fertilizer derived from human waste is prohibited for organic crops, it can be used for conventional crops and for other applications, such as maintaining golf courses.

Now the longest and most comprehensive study to date comparing organic and conventional farming brings encouraging news for organic fans: Organic farms can be nearly as productive as regular farms for some crops, and they leave soils healthier.

Whereas conventional farms tend to use chemical pesticides and artificial fertilizer, organic farms employ cover crops, mulching and mechanical methods for pest control, and composts and manure as fertilizers.

As a result, some organic farmers are turning to cover crops for weed control.

The authors propose that the conflicting results from previous research on organic and conventional crops» phytochemical content could be a function of short study periods and the exclusion of variables such as weather.

«These organisms fulfill various functions, like allowing the soil to absorb processed organic matter such as leaves, wood, trunks and branches and with this nourishing crops; they also maintain an ecological balance capable of preventing the invasion of pests and provide greater fertility without using chemicals.

Organic farming also reduces water consumption, as the soil from organic crops has a much better absorption rate, reducing water wastage.

I've been slowly trying to transition our family to organic fabrics in our clothing and bedding as much as possible after finding out that cotton is one of the dirtiest crops, sprayed with large amounts of pesticides and herbicides during its cultivation and residue of these chemicals remain in finished textile products.

Lastly, it's extremely important to choose organic coffee beans, as conventional coffee is one of the most heavily treated crops with pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides.

In 2012, a number of media articles suddenly cropped up, in which they referred to organics as an «elitist lifestyle choice.»

my understanding of regular potatoes any color skin flesh etc. is this... potatoes are on the dirty dozen list... sweet potatoes are on the clean 15... i eat over 50 % of my diet in the form of a few different colors of sweet potatoes... i buy them bulk... peel»em very deeply... at least 1/2 inch all around... i sometimes get them as large as 6 pounds (football sized)... i used to wear out the regular potatoes but after speaking with the safety expert from a huge potato company to find out if the potatoes are grown on soil which had grain crops treated with round - up herbicide filled with atrazine and glyphosate (which most grain crops are... inluding many wheat crops... they get sprayed like 3 days before harvest... then the round - up is in the soil)... problem is... the round - up stays for 7 years... after stayin» off the soil for a couple years... it can have any kind of crop planted on it and get an organic rating... but... whatever was planted on that soil is then full of round - up... so... this crop rotation onto fields which had grain crops sprayed with round - up herbicide etc. is EXTREMELY COMMON IN THE GROWING PRACTICE FOR REGULAR POTATOES... very common practice... so even if you peel»em deeply... they are still soaked with round - up... the glyphosates get in the gut... the aluminum which is all over everything grown above ground and not covered (hot house etc)... gets eaten9ya can't wash it off... unless ya peel everything... but greens etc. ya can not get it out... it gets in the fiber)... then ya eat it... it goes in the gut... mixes with the glyphosate... becomes 10,000 timesmore toxic... inhibits the bodies ability to properly process sulfur into sulfide and sulfate... basically many very smart researchers are sayin'this is the cause of all this asperger's... autism... alzheimer's like symptoms in the elderly... you can only take so much nano... pico... and heavy metal poisoning... the brain starts to act very strangely... so... long story short... i eat lots of sweet pots grown on clean soil... they are non-gmo and basically grown organically... but... the grower doesn't pay for the certification... i make sure to get my omega 3 from fresh ground flax seed in the morning away from my sweet potato consumption... the omega 6 in the sweet pots inhibits the absorption of omega 3 and i only want so much fat daily... i'm on the heart attack proof diet by dr. caldwell b. esselstyn jr....

Finally, copper pipes, copper IUDs and copper sulfate sprayed on crops as an antifungal (even on many organic crops) add to the overall copper load.

By choosing to eat as ethically as possible and also buying organic and local produce too, because transport and chemicals sprayed on non-organic crops is also very harmful to animals too and to your body.

In regards to your question, I know coconut is a low pesticide crop, so if you are weighing it up, it is not as bad as say, getting the raspberries non organic (high pesticide crop) or spinach or something like that hope that adds to your response Catherine

Bruce Blumberg, professor of developmental and cell biology and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of California, Irvine, who coined the term «obesogen,» studies the effect that organotins — a class of persistent organic pollutants that are widely used in the manufacture of polyvinylchloride plastics, as fungicides and pesticides on crops, as slimicides in industrial water systems, as wood preservatives, and as marine antifouling agents — have on the body's metabolism.

When it comes to corn, look for organic when possible, as corn is one of the most heavily genetically modified crops out there.

Apparently peanut crops are used to prepare fields for organic agriculture as they absorb toxins readily.