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BREAKING NEWS Non-organic milk tests positive for illegal antibiotics, high levels of growth hormones and controversial pesticide contaminants. Organic milk tests clean.
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Animal welfare has become increasingly more important to the general public and consumers are curious about what types of management offer the best animal welfare for their animal-based products like dairy. There have been few comprehensive studies that compare many welfare parameters...
Control of plant diseases is often accomplished with the use of harsh chemical sprays and soil fumigants in conventional farming systems, but a new study in PLOS ONE found that organic farming can improve crop health and provide the right kind of soil environment that reduces pathogen presence....
Supporting biodiversity is not only a tenet of organic farming, but the ecosystem services that biodiversity can provide to farmers is also relied upon for managing pests, soil health and water quality instead of inputs like pesticides and fertilizers. A recent...
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