Sentences with phrase «better than conventional agriculture»

Organic agriculture performs better than conventional agriculture on a per hectare scale, both with respect to direct energy consumption (fuel and oil) and indirect consumption (synthetic fertilizers and pesticides).

Under European conditions, organic agriculture performs better than conventional agriculture with regard to certain parameters: for example, 30 to 100 percent higher microbial activity3 and a significantly higher biomass (+30 to 40 percent), density (+ 50 to 80 percent) and species diversity of earthworms, a key soil - macro faunal species4.

In most cases, organic agriculture conserves better than conventional agriculture the site - typical plant community of floral species of arable land.

With respect to energy consumption, organic agriculture is performing better than conventional agriculture.

Not exact matches

Memphis Meats founder Uma Valeti, a former cardiologist, is using cellular agriculture to produce chicken, duck, and beef that he believes will be healthier to eat and better for the environment than conventional meat, all without the slaughter of animals.

However the smaller parcel of land needed to grow X amount of food using conventional agriculture, as well as the surrounding landscape, will be much more heavily impacted than the larger parcel of land needed if we opt for organic agriculture instead.