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Micheal Pollan’s "Playing God in the Garden" addresses the many unseen aspects of farming and the technologies that are being designed to make planting effortless and safe. Pollan discusses how New Leaf (the plant company which has created the new biotechnological seeds) advertises a safer and less expensive way of farming‚ while concealing the harmful aspects of its product. The idea of genetically altering organisms has always made me uncomfortable. When I began to read this article‚ I assumed
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Poland Abstract: During the last decade‚ consumers’ trust in food quality has decreased drastically‚ mainly because of growing ecological awareness and several food scandals (e.g. BSE‚ dioxins‚ bacterial contamination). It has been found that intensive conventional agriculture can introduce contaminants into the food chain. Consumers have started to look for safer and better controlled foods produced in more environmentally friendly‚ authentic and local systems. Organically produced foods are widely
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Do you know about the food that you are eating or how it is being grown? Genetically modified foods is the way scientists can make food crops stay fresher‚ grow bigger‚ and have the crops create their own pesticide. Sounds good right? Wrong! Genetically modified foods need to be monitored and removed from everyday agriculture because of the threat they pose to human health‚ the environment‚ and the impact on the global economy. Organic food can be a hazard to human’s health. There are three
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feel as though it’s out of your hands? Inevitable? There’s nothing you can do about it‚ right? Wrong! The animal farming industry is responsible for 51% of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2). If you combined all the cars in the world it wouldn’t nearly compare to the greenhouse gas emissions produced by the animal farming industry. 80% of Amazon deforestation is because of animal farming. Livestock or the feed of livestock occupies ⅓ of Earth’s ice free land. It’s scientifically proven that in 40 years
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Company profile: Fresh Start has grown into a business whose expanded product range includes not only certified organic fertilizers‚ but also fresh organic produce‚ organic rice‚ organic coffee‚ organic free range chickens that are all also certified organic by NICERT. Other addition to Fresh Start’s product lines are the Healthy Pantries and Natural personal care products. Fresh Start Organics continues to expand while maintaining the company vision of being a vibrant eco-enterprise that implements
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| Table of Contents • Introduction to organic manure • Status of organic farming in Nepal • Development of the organic agricultural sector • Example of organic farming • Major constraints • Suggestions • Conclusion • References Introduction to organic manure Organic manure refers to the manures made from cattle dung
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Organically grown products are as much as thirty to thirty-five percent the price of conventionally grown products but the main difference is in how they are grown. Organic farming is a system that uses natural methods of pest‚ disease‚ and weed control‚ and calls for the lowest possible levels of environmental pollution. . Conventional farming is basically the opposite. It is much more polluting to the environment. The conventional crops are grown with massive amounts of pesticides and chemical fertilizer
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every 46 seconds. As cited by Schlesinger (2011)‚ this ends up with a population increase of over two million in 2012. This is a staggering number and would only increase over time. In his article “Point: Industrial Agriculture has Improved Farming for Hundreds of Years‚” George Wright (2011) explains how the use of biotechnology and techniques such as caging animals used to increase the profits of agricultural
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Organic farming Organic farming is the form of agriculture that relies on techniques such as crop rotation‚ green manure‚ compost andbiological pest control. Organic farming uses fertilizers and pesticides but excludes or strictly limits the use of manufactured (synthetic) fertilizers‚ pesticides (which include herbicides‚ insecticides and fungicides)‚ plant growth regulators such ashormones‚ livestock antibiotics‚ food additives‚ genetically modified organisms‚[1] human sewage sludge‚ andnanomaterials
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