News tagged with organic farming
Computer model reveals where food pathogens grow
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An outbreak of food-related illness, such as E. coli-tainted spinach, often leaves food safety experts scratching their heads over the source of the contamination.
Research for Organic Farming - Soya Thrives on Nitrogen From the Air
Oct 20, 2009 |
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For the first time, the capacity of soya plants to absorb nitrogen from the air has been precisely determined in dry areas of Eastern Austria. The primary aim of this project, backed by the FWF Austrian Science ...
Can organic cropping systems be as profitable as conventional systems?
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Which is a better strategy, specializing in one crop or diversified cropping? Is conventional cropping more profitable than organic farming? Is it less risky?
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Organic corn: Increasing rotation complexity increases yields
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May 28, 2008 |
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While demand for organic meat and milk is increasing by about 20% per year in the United States, almost all organic grain and forage to support these industries in the mid-Atlantic region is imported from other regions. To ...
No-tillage plus
Jul 28, 2008 |
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Tropical soils often behave differently than temperate soils when being farmed. In tropical regions, soils lose nutrients quickly when cultivated. With food shortages looming and soil quality declining rapidly, new farming ...
No-till farming may reduce global warming
Oct 13, 2005 |
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A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign study suggests no-till farming might reduce the effects of global warming.
Compost can turn agricultural soils into a carbon sink, thus protecting against climate change
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Applying organic fertilizers, such as those resulting from composting, to agricultural land could increase the amount of carbon stored in these soils and contribute significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, ...
UK's organic cows are cream of the crop
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May 27, 2008 |
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A new study by Newcastle University proves that organic farmers who let their cows graze as nature intended are producing better quality milk. The Nafferton Ecological Farming Group study found that grazing cows on organic ...
Is it organic or not? Scientists use isotopic discrimination to detect synthetic fertilizers
Feb 01, 2008 |
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As organic farming becomes more common, methods to identify fraud in the industry are increasingly important. In a recent study in Journal of Environmental Quality, scientists successfully use nitrogen isotopic discrimination to det ...
A potted history of milk
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Aug 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans were processing cattle milk in pottery vessels more than two thousand years earlier than previously thought, according to new research from the University of Bristol.
Natural pest control on conventional and organic farms
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of natural pest control on conventional and organic farms in the southwest has found no difference between the two systems.
Global study of salmon shows: 'Sustainable' food isn't so sustainable
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Popular thinking about how to improve food systems for the better often misses the point, according to the results of a three-year global study of salmon production systems. Rather than pushing for organic or land-based ...
Conventional plowing is 'skinning our agricultural fields'
Aug 08, 2007 |
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Traditional plow-based agricultural methods and the need to feed a rapidly growing world population are combining to deplete the Earth's soil supply, a new study confirms.
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