In all cases,
organic agriculture showed higher floral diversity.
Not exact matches
Time and time again studies have
shown that
organic agriculture is the only way to feed the world (ie: recent U.N. study).
«Having this support from the USDA
shows that people are paying attention to
organic agriculture,» said Lyndsey Antanitis, Rodale Institute's veteran farming program coordinator.
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This new full - scale - electric feed truck is the next step in Straus» quest to
show that his Marin county
organic dairy farm can be carbon positive, using
agriculture as a solution to reversing climate change.
More farmers cultivate organically, more land is certified
organic, and 170 countries report
organic farming activities (up from 164) as
shown in the 2015 edition of the FiBL - IFOAM study «The World of
Organic Agriculture».
Table 3 below
shows figures on energy consumption (GJ) both per hectare and per unit of output (t) for different crops, comparing
organic and conventional
agriculture systems in Germany, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland.
This truck is the next step in Straus» quest to
show that his
organic dairy farm can be carbon positive, using
agriculture as a solution for reversing climate change.
The
Organic Center and Northeastern University have released a breakthrough study
showing that
organic cuts
agriculture's contribution to climate change!
In Sweden a number of declining, endangered and rare species were recorded on
organic arable fields,
showing that
organic agriculture can contribute to maintaining biodiversity29.
«U.S.
Organic Hotspots and their Benefit to Local Economies» is conclusive research that links economic health at the county level to
organic agriculture, and
shows that
organic food and crop production — and the business activities accompanying
organic agriculture — creates real and long - lasting regional economic opportunities.
When neighbours began taking an interest in what they saw at the farm, this encouraged the formation of a club that began exploring aspects of
organic agriculture and in training others who
showed interest.
There is little scientific evidence demonstrating
organic agriculture's potential for combating desert - ification but several practical examples of
organic agriculture systems in arid areas
show how
organic agriculture can help bring degraded lands back to fertility.
I do believe that research has
shown that sequestration of CO2 in soils and biomass through
organic agriculture (including the use of biochar) and reforestation (which must of course begin with ending deforestation) can draw down the already dangerous anthropogenic excess of CO2 and I think it is urgent that we start doing that — it's as urgent as ending CO2 emissions as rapidly as possible.
Studies have
shown that traditional
organic agriculture produces foodstuffs that are more nutritious than commodity crops supported by Monsanto seeds and Cargill fertilizer.
Savory's proposal seems dubious but I have seen other studies which
show that
organic agriculture and reforestation can sequester large amounts of carbon in soils and biomass — and of course they have other benefits as well, for biodiversity and human health.
Our analysis
shows that most of the top U.S. food retailers have a long way to go to address overuse of agricultural pesticides and to advance
organic agriculture in the U.S.
«Having this support from the USDA
shows that people are paying attention to
organic agriculture,» said Lyndsey Antanitis, Rodale Institute's veteran farming program coordinator.
This approach also has other huge benefits — it helps to restore the overall health of ecosystems in other ways, and
organic agriculture has been
shown to be more productive than «conventional»
agriculture under the conditions of drought which AGW is already making more common.
A first of its kind study
shows organic agriculture earns farmers significantly more, and suggests it might be worth the price.