Sentences with phrase «organic farming practices reduce»
Additionally, organic farming practices reduce the risk of erosion by avoiding practices such as tilling, which ploughs and cultivates the soil by tearing, turning and circulating it.
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Certifications other than organic don't do much to reduce carbon footprint over conventional farming, suggesting that standards need to be modified to encourage footprint - lowering practices.
In a move that could have global implications, China, which has the largest farming sector in the world, has signaled it will be shifting its focus toward more sustainable agricultural methods, which includes practices like promoting organic production, building biogas digesters and reducing water usage.
Ways to reduce fossil fuel inputs to food systems include the use of farm machinery powered by renewable electricity or farm - produced biofuels; the localization of food systems to reduce transport (perhaps entailing vertical urban agriculture); the adoption of organic and ecological production practices to reduce the need for nitrogen fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides; and an overall reduction in the consumption of highly processed foods.
Addressing the climate crisis calls for an «all of the above» approach to reducing carbon emissions and increasing carbon sequestration, and although many of us are inclined to supporting organic farming practices, it's high time we started focusing on carbon farming practices as well.