For environmental conservationists and healthy naturalists, organic farming has been the answer to the world’s agricultural crisis. It’s common knowledge that pesticides, fertilizers, and antibiotics affect our food and our land, but how does organic farming measure up when it comes to production? A 2012 metastudy in the international science journal, Nature, aimed to answer…
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Organic Farming: Less Energy, Less Waste!
Most people have heard that organically-grown foods are healthier, but did you know that they conserve the environment too? According to Cornell University ecology and agriculture professor, David Pimentel, “Organic farming approaches for these crops [corn and soybeans] not only use an average of 30 percent less fossil energy but also conserve more water in…