Organic farmers rely on natural predators to help control their crop pests rather than using chemical sprays. A new study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology found that using organic...

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A recent study in Journal Canadian Food Studies Special Issue: Food Procurement shows that large institution kitchens may be key players in...

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The question of whether organic farming can feed the world has fueled many studies that calculate ratios of conventional to organic yield to...

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A new study published in the journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development aimed to evaluate the efficiency of lentil-spring wheat intercrops to...

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Data from numerous studies demonstrate that on average, organic farms produce less crop per acre than conventional farms – known as the yield...

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Newly published research in PLOS ONE has used U.S. agricultural production data to confirm that the gap between organic and conventional...