Sentences with phrase «conventional crops»

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.

There are no tests on conventional crops whatsoever, you can produce them one day and sell them the next day.

Just make sure to buy from an organic source as otherwise it's likely to be treated with pesticides in conventional crops.

Even companies that use conventional crops in production have to work hard to get certified.

Similar to previous work, organic crop yields in our analysis were lower than conventional crop yields for most crops.

Because of genetic drift, even organic soy can have some contamination from surrounding conventional crops.

Without the synthetic chemical pesticides used on conventional crops.

And farmers can not simply replace genetically engineered seeds with conventional ones, because soil in which genetically modified crops have been grown may not be immediately suitable for conventional crops.

crops than buyers for them, and large companies like Silk and Hain Celestial that have long been users of conventional crops say they are not worried.

«Personally,» says Dale, «I am fairly confident that GM crops will be as safe as conventional crops, but then not everything is safe anyway.

Soil salinity is claiming about 3 hectares, or 7.4 acres, of usable land from conventional crop farming every minute.

In Tropical Traditions» own testing of organic grains so far, they found that barley has among the highest levels of glyphosate of the organic crops, and this corresponds to conventional crops where the EPA has raised the limits of glyphosate in barley to a higher level than other grains.

Gurian - Sherman says, in addition to be cheaper than genetic modification, conventional crop breedings has increased drought tolerance 2 - 3 times more quickly than GM.

Potential Contamination in Inputs: How it is addressed in the organic standards By Doug Currier, OMRI Review Program Technical Supervisor Pesticide contamination in compost is a concern particularly when compost is manufactured using conventional crop residues or residential yard waste, both... Continued

Buckwheat bread — nutritious values and recipes Buckwheat is a plant similar to the rice grain and method of use, but much richer in protein and nutrients than other conventional crops.

The FSA commissioned study based its conclusions on only 46 publications covering crops, meat and dairy, while Newcastle led meta - analysis is based on data from 343 peer - reviewed publications on composition difference between organic and conventional crops now available.

The performance of organic and conventional cropping systems in an extreme climate year.

He added that many US crops transitioning to organic have a yield drag of about 30 - 40 % below conventional crop yields, which «is not really acceptable to farmers long - term when you look at their economics.»

Compared to fields growing conventional crops, those planted with GM varieties of beet and oilseed rape (canola) have fewer weeds — which is a goal of genetic engineering.

The new analysis found that conventional crops such as corn had the highest yield of biomass that can be turned into biofuel on marginal lands, although their ability to reduce CO2 is harmed by tilling, fertilizing and other CO2 - producing activities necessary to turn them into fuel.

When you take conventional crops» higher nitrogen levels and organic crops» higher phosphorus levels, it's a level playing field.

A 2007 study called «Ten - Year Comparison of the Influence of Organic and Conventional Crop Management Practices on the Content of Flavonoids in Tomatoes» published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that organically grown tomatoes had 79 % more quercetin than the conventionally grown ones.

Conventional crops also had roughly double the amount of cadmium than organic crops.

Unfortunately, glyphosate is sprayed liberally on conventional crops along with genetically engineered ones.

«We need a whole new agriculture,» Wilson says, one that replaces conventional crops like wheat.

It finds that organic and conventional vegetables offer similar levels of many nutrients, including minerals, vitamin C and vitamin E. Conventional crops are higher in protein.

As it stands, such cellulosic biorefineries get their materials either from the residue of conventional crops, such as corn stover, or from harvesting trees.

Tropical Traditions has a ZERO tolerance level for GMOs, herbicides, and pesticides, and since the USDA National Organic Program (NOP) allows small residue amounts of pesticides and herbicides approved by the EPA for conventional crops to be present in USDA Organic certified products, we knew that we had to develop our own standards to both use in purchasing products directly from producers, as well as to educate our consumers on our own values and standards.

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.

In Tropical Traditions» own testing of organic grains so far, they found that barley has among the highest levels of glyphosate of the organic crops, and this corresponds to conventional crops where the EPA has raised the limits of glyphosate in barley to a higher level than other grains.

The toxin is heavily used on Roundup Ready crops genetically engineered to tolerate it — and on conventional crops as well.

Because the agency's main job is to sell highly subsidized conventional crops (like corn, soybeans, rice, and wheat) and farmed foods (like dairy and beef), cheap, low - quality surplus food gets pushed into our schools.

The UCS study found that while crop yields of DroughtGard did decrease crop losses by 6 % and would increase overall US corn production by 1 %, conventional crop breeding has been increasing drought tolerance by about 1 % per year for the past 10 years, while this conventional breeding combined with improved farming practices has been able to increase corn production by 1.5 - 2 % annually.

Typical examples of widespread genetic variability in conventional crops are rice (Batista and others 2008) and wheat (Baudo and others 2006).

Algae production consumes more energy, has higher greenhouse gas emissions and uses more water than other biofuel sources, like corn, switch grass and canola, Clarens and his colleagues found by using a statistical model to compare growth data of algae with conventional crops.

And finally, since USDA organic standards forbid the use of GM seeds, all GMOs are conventional crops, sprayed with conventional pesticides and fertilizer.

found that organic crops have considerably higher concentrations of antioxidants and other beneficial compounds — about 50 percent more, compared to conventional crops.

A 2014 meta - analysis published in the British Journal of Nutrition, which included data from more than 300 studies, found that organic crops have considerably higher concentrations of antioxidants and other beneficial compounds — about 50 percent more, compared to conventional crops.

Concentrations of total nitrogen were 10 %, nitrate 30 % and nitrite 87 % lower in organic compared to conventional crops.

The study also found that pesticide residues were four times more likely to be found in conventional crops than organic ones.

Dr Gavin Stewart, a Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis and the meta - analysis expert in the Newcastle team, added: «The much larger evidence base available in this synthesis allowed us to use more appropriate statistical methods to draw more definitive conclusions regarding the differences between organic and conventional crops»

Analysing 343 studies into the compositional differences between organic and conventional crops, the team found that...

«In a previous study, the same research team found that organic crops and organic crop - based foods have up to 60 percent more key antioxidants and lower levels of the toxic metal cadmium than conventional crops.

They permit a percentage of what the EPA allows for conventional crops, and that amount is constantly increasing.

From their analysis, which is not based on omic technologies but represents the most comprehensive compilation of GE crop composition data to date, the authors conclude that compositional differences between GE varieties and their conventional comparators are «encompassed within the natural variability of the conventional crop and that the composition of GM and conventional crops can not be disaggregated.»

There are many studies showing that after three or four years of organic farming farms can equal, if not better the yield of conventional crops, depending on the sector.

Analysing 343 studies into the compositional differences between organic and conventional crops, the team found that a switch to eating organic fruit, vegetable and cereals — and food made from them — would provide additional antioxidants equivalent to eating between 1 - 2 extra portions of fruit and vegetables a day.