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«If you buy organic fruits and vegetables, you can be sure you have, on average, a higher amount of antioxidants at the same calorie level,» according to lead researcher Carlo Leifert, a professor of ecological agriculture at Newcastle University in England.
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Two years ago, Carlo Leifert, the leader of the review and a professor of ecological agriculture at Newcastle University in England, led a similar review, finding that organic fruits and vegetables had higher levels of some antioxidants than their conventionally grown counterparts.
Not exact matches
Looking at the process of agriculture as an ecological activity of divine providence stems from our understanding that farming was an integral part of the ancient life.
These unfolding discoveries suggest that complex biology is at work, leading the EPA's advisors to say that the «potential scale» of RNA used in agriculture «warrants exploration of the potential for unintended ecological effects.»
«But as I commented at scienceprogress, the way I see the ledger, the religious Right gets a handful of anti-science points for views on evolution (and related rationalizations about the age of the earth, etc.), and for some dismissal of climate change theory, but the Left gets many more anti-science points for exaggerating the health and ecological risks of POPs; DDT; GMOs; plastics and plasticizers; pesticide residues; conventional agriculture; low - dose EM radiation; high - tension powerlines; climate change; population growth; resource depletion; chemical sweeteners; species extinction rates; biodiversity decline; and I'm sure the list could go on.
Despite Blomqvist et al.'s reservations, Footprint results show that: (1) most countries are in ecological deficit, increasingly dependent on potentially unreliable trade in biocapacity; (2) humanity is at or beyond global carrying capacity for key categories of consumption, particularly agriculture (factoring in soil loss and ecosystem degradation would reveal additional deficits); (3) global carbon waste sinks are overflowing; and (4) the aggregate metabolism of the human economy exceeds the regenerative capacity of the ecosphere (and the ratio is increasing).
When you look at ecological well - being small and medium - scale organic agriculture has systemic health benefits — often better carbon sequestration in soil, better resilience to drought, et cetera.