Sentences with phrase «on organic food production»

The book is focused on organic food production and maximizing yields by choosing site specific plants and tackling problems, like garden pests, using organic and natural techniques.

Not exact matches

The Obama - era regulation — the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule — would have incorporated into the National Organic Program welfare standards that were not based on science and that were outside the scope of the Organic Food Production Act of 1990, according to the National Pork Producers Council, which maintains that the Organic Food Production Act limited consideration of livestock as organic to feeding and medication practices.

The organic foods industry has long - established, legally mandated safeguards that ensure food safety for consumers, including full food product traceability, accountability of food production methods and strict controls on potential sources of food contamination.

Since organic farming currently accounts for such a small percentage of global agricultural production, Crowder said its effect on food security is not an immediate concern.

Future studies on organic agriculture and other sustainable farming techniques should examine not just economics, but soil quality, biodiversity impacts and other aspects of food production in order to make better comparisons between different forms of agriculture, said Crowder.

Rembiałkowska, prof. Ewa (2006) Animal dietary intervention study of effect of organic vs conventional food production methods on health and well — being of rats.

To be sure that the food you buy has been certified as organic, look for the Canada Organic Logo on the label, or ask to see the farmer's organic production certificate.

The EU legislation governing organic farming, namely «Council Regulation No 834 / 2007 / EC of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation No 2092 / 91 / EEC and its detailed implementing rules (Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008)», lays down the precise production and manufacturing requirements for agricultural produce and foods labelled as organic products.

We respond to tough questions our consumers ask utilizing experts we have on staff specializing in organic production and food safety; people who have hands - on, daily experience in our processing plants and growing operations.

Important considerations here are that food security (and sovereignty) requires as much of the provisioning as possible to happen through localized production and consumption networks, that agriculture is based on organic, biologically diverse inputs, that the enormous waste of food characterizing the consumerist class is eliminated, and that for the extreme poor who do not have access to either the means of production or food itself, there needs to be rights - based schemes ensuring such access.

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.

Beyond Pesticides is a Washington, D.C. - based 501c3 non-profit campaigning, regulatory and advocacy organization founded in 1984 that focuses on replacing commercial pesticides with the organic model of pest control methods and banning all commercial food production technologies involving genetically modified plants and organisms (GMOs).

Perhaps most distressingly, some of the healthiest foods on the planet yielded comparatively poorly under organic production: 42 percent lower for blueberries, 23 percent lower for broccoli, and almost 40 percent lower for tomatoes.

The programme is run by the Curitiba Food Supply Department and its partners, and provides all necessary practical training, assistance and conditions for garden and crop production, including education on home composting, guidance for the natural control of pests and diseases, in addition to providing organic fertilizer, limestone, seedlings and seeds.

There's a debate at Mother Jones that slings some mud and arrows on our collective idea of local, organic food and the problems with scaling up sustainable production.