While the law does prohibit synthetic pesticides and antibiotics
from organic foods production, certain substances have been able to get an exemption from that prohibition, for up to five years.
Not exact matches
[53][102] The disparity between
production and demand, is leading to a two - tier
organic food industry, typified by significant and growing imports of primary
organic products such as dairy and beef
from Australia, Europe, New Zealand and the United States.
Significant technical limitations inhibit the more rapid expansion of
organic aquaculture, especially access to
organic food sources, but also
production of larvae, protection
from parasites such as sea - lice and removal of competition
from unwanted species in open cages.
These rules are intended to ensure that agricultural products and
foods from non-EU countries may only be freely marketed as
organic product in the EU if these countries have compliant or equivalent regulations regarding both
production rules and inspection measures.
The law seeks to ensure a high quality of
organic food, boost EU
organic food production, and avoid contamination
from pesticides and synthetic fertilisers.
Australian Dairy Farms intends to convert its six Victorian dairy farms to
organic production in the first step of the plan, which the company hopes will transform it
from a minor player in the highly competitive conventional milk market to a major player in
organic food products.
Nature Bio-Foods Ltd (NBF), a pioneer in
organic food grains since 1997, has taken great initiative to bring sustainability to small and marginal farms through
organic agriculture
production in combination with the world's highest ethical standards
from Faitrade International, Germany and their FLO - Cert Fairtrade standard.
Could a loophole in
organic standards and
food safety regulations mean that parents looking to feed their kids healthy
food might end up giving them produce grown with wastewater
from oil
production?
The researchers used satellite observations including determinations of net primary
production (NPP)-- the net
production of
organic matter
from aqueous carbon dioxide (CO2) by phytoplankton — to drive their
food - web - based model.
An
organic diet is free
from a lot of the harmful chemicals used in
food production.
After hearing
from medical and scientific experts describing carrageenan's link to intestinal inflammation, cancer, and other human health risks, the NOSB voted to remove carrageenan
from the list of approved synthetic and non-
organic substances for use in
organic food production.
A statement
from Organix said it did not add vitamins and minerals to
foods due to
organic production rules.
Their
foods are certified
organic by the USDA's National
Organic Program and Organix has met certification requirements
from an outside party for their ingredients, their
production process, their storage and handling, and other parts of their manufacturing process.
I have proposed that we develop the process of pyrolysis to be used on
organic wastes to cut the reemitting of GHGs
from the wastes that are basically a biofuels crop wasted that usurp no land or water
from food production.
The numbers are very simple — we can by increasing the
organic content of agricultural soils by 1 % remove 500 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere — and at the same time decreases costs, increase
food production and build resilience to drought and flood.
Thirdly, urban agriculture and urban forestry contribute to disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change by reducing runoff, keeping flood plains free
from construction, reducing urban temperatures, capturing dust and CO2, while growing fresh
food close to consumers reduces energy spent in transport, cooling, processing and packaging, whilst productive reuse of urban
organic wastes and wastewater (and the nutrients these contain) reduces methane emissions
from landfills and energy use in fertilizer
production.
The products made
from organics are necessities: soil products for the
production of healthy
food, fiber, and landscapes, as well as fuel and energy products for transportation, heat,
food preparation, and electricity.
Because
organic agriculture and other biodiversity - friendly farming practices generally have lower yields than industrial agriculture, REDD will therefore encourage a shift toward
from more productive forms of
food production.
A large - scale transition to locally produced,
organic, vegetarian diets would be helpful in reducing both CO2 and methane emissions
from food production and transport.
I already grow some of my own
food in my backyard
organic garden, and buy the rest
from local
organic farmers (both local
production and
organic methods reduce the fossil fuel inputs and CO2 emissions associated with
food production).