Sentences with phrase «organic substances including»

In contrast to conventional agriculture, organic farmers depend more on a high and sustained supply of organic substances including crop rotations with clover / grass ley, underseeds, catch crops, green and animal manure.

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[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.»

Chemical Contaminant Testing: These include a variety of substances, including organic contaminants like fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and animal tissues; and inorganic contaminants like antimony, arsenic, asbestos, barium and cadmium.

Farmers will need to prove their land has been free of prohibited substances (synthetic pesticides and fertilizers) for a minimum of 12 months and must follow all other organic production standards to achieve transitional certification, including crop rotation, the fostering and conserving of biodiversity, and the avoidance of the use of genetic engineering.

In fact, the E.P.A. says the lake that Martens bobbed around in for about ten minutes while wearing a life jacket contains the following substances: «mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); pesticides; creosotes; heavy metals including lead, cobalt, and mercury; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as chlorobenzene.»

As a result, the soil and groundwater were contaminated with hazardous substances including heavy metals and semi-volatile organic compounds.

The term «organic» was originally confined to compounds produced by living organisms but now extended to include synthetic substances based on carbons and includes plastics.

Spectrographs have found a smorgasbord of more than 100 molecules here, including such complex organic substances as ethyl alcohol.

They determined that natural organic substances originating from foods, including fruits, soy, and green or black tea, react when tap water is chlorinated, forming dangerous cancer causing compounds.

Each region of the world has its own unique fermented cuisine that is a staple in that particular culture, for example, in Asia, foods such as miso, tempeh, kim chi, tamari, and fermented fish sauce are in common use; Europe has sourdough, yogurt, sauerkraut, and American traditions include pickles and relishes, to name just a few.During the fermentation process, an agent (usually bacteria and yeast) reacts with an organic substance to break it down into simpler substances.

Always be sure to source organic and non-GMO corn and corn products (including polenta) to ensure you don't unknowingly expose yourself to these harmful substances.

There's a lengthy list of requirements, but one includes that produce can only be called organic if it's certified to have grown on soil that had no prohibited substances [such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides] applied for three years prior to harvest.

Vitamins are organic substances (made by plants or animals) that are very important feline nutrition components because they help regulate various body processes, including:

Biological residue is defined as any substance, including metabolites, remaining in poultry at the time of slaughter or in any of its tissues after slaughter, as the result of treatment or exposure of the live poultry to a pesticide, organic compound, metallic or inorganic compound, hormone, hormone - like substance, growth promoter, antibiotic, anthelmintic, tranquilizer, or other agent that leaves a residue (9 CFR 381.1).»

Beuys is famous for using organic substances in his works on paper — including fat, beeswax, margarine and a substance he invented himself, which was created by mixing industrial paint and hare's blood.

She uses simple wooden or metal furniture combined with clothing or organic substances, including hair and bone.

By mixing traditional art materials such as linen and acrylic with unconventionally applied organic substances (including spirulina, chlorophyll, wood, staples, and aluminum foil), Tran creates colorful and highly textural works that formally and thematically syncretize Eastern and Western influences.