Sentences with phrase «organic food and agriculture»

The Organic Center is a non-profit organization that provides peer - reviewed scientific studies on organic food and agriculture.

Founded in 1973, CCOF promotes and supports organic food and agriculture through a premier organic certification program, trade support, producer and consumer education, and political advocacy.

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It supports real world sustainable practices and agriculture development, fair trade organic farming and the slow food movement.

«Policymakers have not yet grasped the significance of organic agriculture for resilient, reliable, non-toxic food production, and its ability to mitigate climate change while restoring our nation's soil health.

The findings were announced by Professor Carlo Leifert of the Tesco Centre for Organic Agriculture based at Newcastle University, UK, who with his team are working on the EU funded project called the Quality Low Input Food (QLIF) project, the biggest ever to research the pros and cons of organic farming and fFood (QLIF) project, the biggest ever to research the pros and cons of organic farming and foodfood.

In organic agriculture, we must recognize and carefully nurture a different paradigm of «we all do better when we all do better,» working together to better understand organic farming principles and to improve the overall quality of organic crops and food.

The Organic Trade Association is pleased that the House Agriculture Committee recognized the strong growth in organic and the opportunities that organic provides for the food and farm economy.

IFOAM raised awareness of its campaign messages, high sequestration, low emission, food secure farming which highlights the superior performance of organic agriculture in preventing global warming and adapting to it.

A global contest to find world's best agroecology policies has been jointly launched by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Future Council (WFC) and IFOAM — Organics International was launched last week at the 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology, held in Rome (6 April 2018).

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.

Throughout the conference organic agriculture was a prominent topic, appearing in different contexts related to PGS such as Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and Slow Fooagriculture was a prominent topic, appearing in different contexts related to PGS such as Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and Slow FooAgriculture (CSA) and Slow Food networks.

The role of organic farming was recognized in other documents discussed during the week such as the «Sustainable agricultural development for food security and nutrition, including the role of livestock» and also in a promotion by FAO stating that «FAO promotes organic, fair trade and slow food as concrete ways to support sustainable agriculture».

IFOAM — Organics International is attending the COP22 climate talks to speak out on behalf of the organic food and farming community and to raise awareness of the urgent need to make organic agriculture part of a climate change solution.According to Gabor Figeczky, Advocacy Manager at IFOAM — Organics... more

In facilitating the exchange of scientific knowledge on organic food and farming systems, TIPI is committed to engaging all stakeholders who benefit from Organic Agriculture research.

Besides being democratic and transparent in group activities and taking interest in studying issues related to organic agriculture, MASIPAG also aims to strengthen farmers control over the selling of their produce while improving productivity and sustainability and achieving food self - sufficiency at local level.

Yesterday, five judges of the International Tribunal against Monsanto stated in their advisory opinion that the corporation «has engaged in practices which have negatively impacted the right to a healthy environment, the right to food, and the right to health» citing its widespread dissemination of dangerous agrochemicals in industrial agriculture, the introduction and release of GM crops, and introduction of persistent organic pollutants such as PCB in the environment.

We believe organic agriculture is a crucial element in building a safe and sustainable food supply.

Other activities in four municipalities in Mindanao include forum on golden rice and organic agriculture, organic food and products fair, press conference, concert, cultural presentations (reading of poems on organic agriculture composed by farmers), t - shirts printing, dissemination of campaign materials, sharing of farmers» practices and innovations, boodle fight, and opening of organic trading post.

The Organic Federation of Canada is very supportive of today's announcement by Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri - Food, that the federal government will be making an important contribution to the Canadian organic sector.

Dr. Medina stressed that organic agriculture can be a potent tool for rural development if organic products are geared first and foremost towards local food security.

They are living examples that in the hands and leadership of empowered farmers, food security is possible through organic agriculture.

Her interest in organic agriculture stems from Lyndsey's main value: helping people and the environment by providing safe and healthy food.

Representatives have also written letters in support of beginning farmer issues, organic agriculture issues, local food issues, and conservation accountability and crop insurance, among others.

Improved access to knowledge and innovations in organic agriculture holds great potential for improving food security and raising the productivity of smallholders» farms in Africa and India economically, ecologically and socially...

Even if 60 % of agriculture would convert to organic farming, concentrated feed were reduced by 50 % and food waste by 50 %, it would result in a food system with significantly decreased environmental impacts, including lower overall greenhouse gas emissions, and only a marginal increase in agricultural land area.

However, critics argue that organic agriculture may have lower yields and would therefore need more land to produce the same amount of food as conventional farms, resulting in more widespread deforestation and biodiversity loss, and thus undermining the environmental benefits of organic practices5.

In particular, organic agriculture is intended to produce high quality, nutritious food that contributes to preventive health care and well - being.

To establish organic agriculture as an important tool in sustainable food production, the factors limiting organic yields need to be more fully understood, alongside assessments of the many social, environmental and economic benefits of organic farming systems.

Donors and major development agencies, particularly the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to support and help accelerate the uptake of organic agriculture and other agroecological systems as they are crucial to ensuring healthy food for all in the 21st centFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to support and help accelerate the uptake of organic agriculture and other agroecological systems as they are crucial to ensuring healthy food for all in the 21Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to support and help accelerate the uptake of organic agriculture and other agroecological systems as they are crucial to ensuring healthy food for all in the 21agriculture and other agroecological systems as they are crucial to ensuring healthy food for all in the 21st centfood for all in the 21st century.

However, unlike conventional agricultural practices which use large amounts of arsenic - based herbicide, insecticide and feed formulations — organic agriculture strictly prohibits their use — as well as a wide range of toxic pesticides with documented negative health and environmental effects that end up on and in our food supply on a daily basis.

My love of growing and cooking good food brought me to the organic agriculture movement and while I aspired to being a farmer, I have found my calling in organic certification.

David Hallam, the Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations» (FAO) Kona commodity chief, in 2003 notes that»... organic and fair trade Kona products can also command a premium price.»

According to Agriculture and Agri Food Canada, Mexico's organic retail market size is expected to grow annually by 15.4 percent in 2018.

The committee advises the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture on administration of the California Organic Program, which enforces national organic standards in California.

The organic industry agreed recently not to approve an application from the Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food for a level of adventitious presence of GM in organic products.

Organic agriculture is an important source of income for island residents, especially as fisheries become depleted, and organic crops help reduce the need to import so much fresh food and minimize the introduction of invasive species that arrive in these shipments.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture certifies what food and fiber products meet federal regulations to be called organic and can carry the circular «USDA Organic» label.

Despite smallholder agriculture now taking center stage in international food security policy discussions there is a strong push within the CFS for promoting chemical agriculture and GMO's as the solution for smallholders despite the high suitability and affordability of organic agriculture for smallholders.

ACO is accredited to the South Korean organic standard for raw and processed food, livestock and livestock feed certification and provides organic certification in accordance with the Korean regulations administrated by the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affafood, livestock and livestock feed certification and provides organic certification in accordance with the Korean regulations administrated by the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural AffaFood and Rural Affairs.

IFOAM has always criticized this policy, and asked for international aid to support rural development in particular adopting organic agriculture as an efficient tool for food security.

The funding, awarded through Agriculture and Agri - Food Canada's Growing Forward Program, is meant to support growth in the organic sector by strengthening the science behind organic agricultureAgriculture and Agri - Food Canada's Growing Forward Program, is meant to support growth in the organic sector by strengthening the science behind organic agricultureagriculture in Canada.

«Through these regulations, Canada's New Government is providing a competitive advantage for the Canadian organic sector and protecting consumers,» commented the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri - Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, who announced final publication of the Organic Products Regulations on December 22, 2006.

She holds bachelors degrees from WSU in agricultural food systems, where she majored in organic agriculture and botany, and minored in horticulture and soil science.

To this day, the Northern California trailblazing company stands unequivocally behind the organic label's integrity in sustainable agriculture and organic food production.

Guided by five bottom lines — Sustaining our Business, our Brands, our People, our Community and the Planet — Matthew works with state and federal officials, academia, ingredient suppliers, farmers within Clif agriculture supply chain and the organic industry to improve the success of the rural communities from which we source our food.

Formerly Elm Farm Research Centre, it develops and promotes organic agriculture as the most environmentally sound way of producing healthy food.

Nature Bio-Foods Ltd (NBF), a pioneer in organic food grains since 1997, has taken great initiative to bring sustainability to small and marginal farms through organic agriculture production in combination with the world's highest ethical standards from Faitrade International, Germany and their FLO - Cert Fairtrade standard.

It has been promoting organic agriculture in India for the last 20 years and placed India on the international list of leading standard organic food and ingredients suppliers in line with countries like Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Austria, Denmark, Czech Republic, Belgium, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Middle Eastern countries.

Organic Farmers & Growers CIC (OF&G) promotes the well - being of the UK organic food sector, by protecting the integrity of organic standards for the benefit of producers and consumers of organic food, by assisting the activities of other stakeholders in the sector and by acting as an advocate for the sector's development, and by supporting the development of sustainable agriculture.

To this end, we support organic agriculture and food production, and eschew practices that destroy the topsoil and pollute the air, land and water with toxic by - products.