Sentences with phrase «on organic farming methods»

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OTA calls on the White House to amend its National Strategy to include an emphasis on agricultural production methods as a valuable solution to our pollinator problem, and to recognize organic farming practices as particularly beneficial to pollinators and their healthy habitats.

Robust and stable funding for federal research on organic production methods and organic ingredients, pest control, and weed management is critical to the survival of organic farms.

They are grown on farms selected for their premium organic crops and their sustainable farming methods.

We strive to produce top quality organic and conventional herbs and produce with an emphasis on using as many natural farming methods possible.

But what I am suggesting is that whether you're out and about today on «Black Friday» or cruising the Net on «Cyber Monday,» you can choose to make a difference with your purchases by patronizing those companies that help us to go green — either by saving energy, using organic farming methods, or insisting on recycled paper from well managed forests.

In other words, the basis for claims that organic agriculture can't feed the world depend as much on specific farming methods as on the type of farm.

Gardening, farming, and landscaping articles must focus on organic, biodynamic, permaculture, or other natural methods and not employ agricultural chemicals or polluting machinery.

We have gardens that we source from (some of which are our own depending on the season) with produce that is grown with a high - BRIX method of organic farming.

They also have their own distilleries on the farms and use organic methods of farming.

In its narrowest sense it applies to intensive and highly productive agroecology, where it is often described as a mesh of traditional / organic farming methods, the science of ecology, and efficient design, and in this sense it has shown great results on small - scale holdings and in Third World and developing countries.

This is the Twitter tag for an idea - sharing network of farmer - tinkerers devising everything from a remotely - monitored compost thermometer to an electric - powered rolling platform that one lies on while weeding (organic farms, eschewing herbicides, need other methods).

CFS has four stated goals, which promote organic agriculture by restricting traditional farming methods: «Ensuring the testing, labeling and regulation of genetically engineered (GE) foods; Preserving strict national organic food standards; Preventing potential animal and human health crises caused by food borne illness — including «mad cow» disease; Educating the public on the hazards of industrial agriculture.»

We took the farm tour and viewed large plots of land where the longest - ever side - by - side experiments have been conducted, comparing organic methods with non-organic, measuring yields, effects on soil, moisture, humus, microbiological activity, etc. (Initially, organic farming yields drop off, but within a few years, organic yields are equivalent of chemical farming yields, but in drought years, organic agriculture provides higher yields.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Formulated an organic pesticide, the use of which resulted in high organic content and crop yield • Saved 23 farm animals from an impending disease (discovered on the adjacent farmland) by quickly isolating and vaccinating them • Devised a novel irrigation system to provide water to all crop lines, without the use of sophisticated and expensive machinery • Suggested using the age old method of hand seeding, resulting in increased crop growth