Sentences with phrase «organic crops if»

Other shifts include the USDA issuing a directive saying that farmers could use pesticides on organic crops if «after a reasonable effort» they determined it didn't contain any chemicals restricted by the organic labeling rule.

Not exact matches

[25] However, under US federal organic standards, if pests and weeds are not controllable through management practices, nor via organic pesticides and herbicides, «a substance included on the National List of synthetic substances allowed for use in organic crop production may be applied to prevent, suppress, or control pests, weeds, or diseases.»

Because brown rice has all the stuff that can go rancid still intact - bran / germ, if you can find organic rice labeled «new crop», go with that.

If you are concerned about potential impacts on your farm from GM crops in your region, or if you are considering moving into broadacre organic production (particularly canola), please email or call Australian Certified Organic 07 3350 5716 to find out how to manage these riskIf you are concerned about potential impacts on your farm from GM crops in your region, or if you are considering moving into broadacre organic production (particularly canola), please email or call Australian Certified Organic 07 3350 5716 to find out how to manage these riskif you are considering moving into broadacre organic production (particularly canola), please email or call Australian Certified Organic 07 3350 5716 to find out how to manage these risks.

There are many studies showing that after three or four years of organic farming farms can equal, if not better the yield of conventional crops, depending on the sector.

I also suggest that if you can't afford or find organic zucchini, to be sure to cut off the peels of conventional zucchini since it's one of the most heavily sprayed crops, and no one wants to be eating pesticides and herbicides with their zucchini, right?

If you choose to eat or drink soy occasionally, please look out for organic non-GMO labels, this is really important as soy is the most widely grown crop in the world, a large proportion of soy in the world is GMO!

For example, an organic farmer can no longer call crops organic if they get contaminated by nearby GM crops.

For ideal health benefits, you'll want about 1 ounce of vinegar, and of course, it's always good to look for brands that are organic and GMO - free (especially if they're flavored with berries, a highly sprayed crop).

If you had an organic, non-GMO heirloom garden of the top strains of each fruit and vegetable, and each year you were able to hire scientists to test and identify the top producing seeds from your crops so that only those seeds were planted the next year, you would be able to continually improve your garden year after year.

I mean, if you just have an organic farm without pesticides, but you just continue to heat that crop season after season, don't let it rest, don't switch spots, and don't you know, add synergy to the land, right?

I also suggest that if you can't afford or find organic zucchini, to be sure to cut off the peels of conventional zucchini since it's one of the most heavily sprayed crops, and no one wants to be eating pesticides and herbicides with their zucchini, right?

my understanding of regular potatoes any color skin flesh etc. is this... potatoes are on the dirty dozen list... sweet potatoes are on the clean 15... i eat over 50 % of my diet in the form of a few different colors of sweet potatoes... i buy them bulk... peel»em very deeply... at least 1/2 inch all around... i sometimes get them as large as 6 pounds (football sized)... i used to wear out the regular potatoes but after speaking with the safety expert from a huge potato company to find out if the potatoes are grown on soil which had grain crops treated with round - up herbicide filled with atrazine and glyphosate (which most grain crops are... inluding many wheat crops... they get sprayed like 3 days before harvest... then the round - up is in the soil)... problem is... the round - up stays for 7 years... after stayin» off the soil for a couple years... it can have any kind of crop planted on it and get an organic rating... but... whatever was planted on that soil is then full of round - up... so... this crop rotation onto fields which had grain crops sprayed with round - up herbicide etc. is EXTREMELY COMMON IN THE GROWING PRACTICE FOR REGULAR POTATOES... very common practice... so even if you peel»em deeply... they are still soaked with round - up... the glyphosates get in the gut... the aluminum which is all over everything grown above ground and not covered (hot house etc)... gets eaten9ya can't wash it off... unless ya peel everything... but greens etc. ya can not get it out... it gets in the fiber)... then ya eat it... it goes in the gut... mixes with the glyphosate... becomes 10,000 timesmore toxic... inhibits the bodies ability to properly process sulfur into sulfide and sulfate... basically many very smart researchers are sayin'this is the cause of all this asperger's... autism... alzheimer's like symptoms in the elderly... you can only take so much nano... pico... and heavy metal poisoning... the brain starts to act very strangely... so... long story short... i eat lots of sweet pots grown on clean soil... they are non-gmo and basically grown organically... but... the grower doesn't pay for the certification... i make sure to get my omega 3 from fresh ground flax seed in the morning away from my sweet potato consumption... the omega 6 in the sweet pots inhibits the absorption of omega 3 and i only want so much fat daily... i'm on the heart attack proof diet by dr. caldwell b. esselstyn jr....

In regards to your question, I know coconut is a low pesticide crop, so if you are weighing it up, it is not as bad as say, getting the raspberries non organic (high pesticide crop) or spinach or something like that hope that adds to your response Catherine

If you don't see the organic label, you need to ask how they spray and fertilize their crops.

When and if organic growers make the case for using a synthetic substance, such as pheromones to prevent crop infestation by insects, it must be «approved according to criteria that examine its effects on human health and the environment,» according to the USDA.

Discussing the merits of the sophisticated refrigeration units employed by some organic farms to extend storage time during collection, she noted, «These are important and costly but if paying out for these facilities can ensure a whole crop is not rejected by a retailer because it is a little limp or dehydrated, then it is a cost that has to be absorbed.

The organic growers have been seeking to prohibit Monsanto from pursuing patent - protection lawsuits if their crops become cross-contaminated with small amounts of modified genes.

Wonder if that includes organic cropping?

Buy organic varieties of these crops if you want to avoid genetically modified produce.»