Sentences with phrase «require organic livestock»
The USDA national organic standards also require organic livestock production systems to accommodate an animal's natural nutritional and behavioral requirements, to ensure that dairy cows and other ruminants have access to pasture.
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The shortfall has significant impacts on the grain supply chain, from human consumption to organic livestock producers, such as poultry, who are required to feed certified organic grain.
Livestock harvesting is clearly a missing link in the chain of sustainable agriculture as even organic and locally produced meats are required to be processed at USDA slaughterhouses which can effectively negate much of the health and nutritional benefits of local sourcing of meat in the first place!
«If farming were to switch to organic agriculture on the current amount of land that is being used for farming and livestock production, then that system could produce enough calories to feed the world without requiring people to change their dietary habits,» said study team member Catherine Badgley, a research scientist at the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan.