Organic agriculture has a history of being contentious and is considered by some as an inefficient approach to food production. Yet organic foods and beverages are a rapidly growing market segment in ...
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Organic farming: The beginning of a new farming era
At dawn in a village field, a farmer bends to the soil and runs it through his fingers. It is dark, soft, alive. There is no smell of chemicals, no white residue on the leaves. What grows here is not ...
Organic farming is farming which follows practices designed to minimise the human impact on the environment, while ensuring the agricultural system operates as naturally as possible. It is a way of ...
Navin Ramankutty receives funding from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Canada Research Chairs program, U.S.
After their town was devastated by floods in 2004, residents of Kiday in the Philippines shifted to organic methods when rebuilding their farms. Today, the Kiday Community Farmers’ Association ...
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