Sentences with phrase «conventional farms make»

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The AquAdvantage salmon made by AquaBounty Technologies, which some have dubbed a «Frankenfish,» contains a gene that allows it to grow faster than wild or conventional farm - raised Atlantic salmon.

He is credited with helping countless farmers make the transition from conventional, chemical - based farming to organic methods.

We visited the CATIE's dairy farm to learn what makes it different from a conventional cattle farm.

In September 2015, Jeff was appointed as Executive Director of Rodale Institute after spending the last four decades at the Institute, helping countless farmers make the transition from conventional, chemical - based farming to organic methods.

Unlike conventional agricultural guidelines the Australian Certified Organic Standard requires animal manures to be thoroughly composted (and farms are audited to make sure this happens) before being used as fertiliser.

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One of the primary benefits of hydroponic gardens is that it requires approximately five percent of the water required for conventional farming, which makes it particularly attractive to chile growers in arid climates.

While these standards make welfare better than conventional farming, «organic» does not guarentee that the meat was produced on a small farm, where animals roamed freely, or that the animals were treated humanely.

But, he added, in order to close the import - export gap, farmers need help making ends meet during the three transition years in which they must farm organically and often experience lower yields than under conventional methods, but do not yet qualify for the higher price premium of organic to compensate for their losses.

I've seen what happens on organic versus conventional dairy farms and what goes into making the products.

Supporters of organic farming acknowledge that production methods are currently more expensive, but point to the subsidies paid to conventional agriculture and funding provided for research in contrast to organic farming as making the comparison unfair.

In contrast, on conventional monoculture farms with large swaths of a single crop the wild bees barely made a dent.

Do you think i woukd get benefits of making beef bone broth from conventional EU controlled farmed animals?

While it was once an abundant mineral in the soil and in well - water, conventional farming practices strip it from the soil and fluoride and other compounds in water bind with it and make it indigestible in our bodies.

If you suspect that you're not getting enough vitamin B12 into your system, here are some food products that you should consider adding to your diet (just make sure that you're getting these from high - quality sources to keep yourself safe from chemicals and other harmful materials used in conventional farms): 8

The leading explanation is that certain fertilizers approved for use only on conventional farms somehow make cadmium more available to plant roots.

He is credited with helping countless farmers make the transition from conventional, chemical - based farming to organic methods.

Building that four megawatts at a time — the capacity of the largest wind turbines currently made — would mean building 125,000 of these giant windmills across the country, along with hundreds of gigawatts of additional conventional plants to serve as a backup reserve for the wind farms.

There are lots of food choices that you can make that are better than pesticide - laden conventional, hormone - injected factory - farmed food; today we'll concentrate on a few of the benefits and strategies for eating local.