Sentences with phrase «while organic farming methods»

So while organic farming methods help ensure healthy soil and ecosystems, organic standards do not regulate a food product's nutritional attributes, says Palmer.

Not exact matches

Traditional farming methods, organic agriculture, and small - scale farming, are championed while all that is associated with the Green Revolution is reviled: in short, science and technology are bad; natural, organic and small - scale is good.

Smithsonian Bird - Friendly certification deals exclusively with shade growing methods (it also requires organic certification), while Rainforest Alliance certification includes less rigorous shade criteria (quick comparison here), as well as standards relating to other aspects of farm management.

Traditional farming methods, organic agriculture, and small - scale farming, are championed while all that is associated with the Green Revolution is reviled: in short, science and technology are bad; natural, organic and small - scale is good.

This is the Twitter tag for an idea - sharing network of farmer - tinkerers devising everything from a remotely - monitored compost thermometer to an electric - powered rolling platform that one lies on while weeding (organic farms, eschewing herbicides, need other methods).