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ARTICLES RELATED TO Organic farming | | | |  Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Organic farming - OverviewOrganic farming excludes the use of synthetic inputs, such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In many countries the use of veterinary drugs is excluded. In a number of countries, including the US, Bulgaria, Iceland, Norway, Romania, Switzerland, Turkey, Australia, India, Japan, the Philippines, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Argentina, Costa Rica, Tunisia, and in the EU, organic farming is also defined by law, so that the commercial use of the term organic to describe farming and food product ...
See also:Organic farming, Organic farming - Overview, Organic farming - History, Organic farming - Methods, Organic farming - Organic farming systems, Organic farming - Standards, Organic farming - Productivity, Organic farming - Issues, Organic farming - Pesticides, Organic farming - Genetically modified organisms, Organic farming - The environment, Organic farming - Food contamination, Organic farming - Food quality, Organic farming - Soil conservation, Organic farming - Government subsidies, Organic farming - Rural infrastructure, Organic farming - Sustainability, Organic farming - Certification, Organic farming - The future Read more here: » Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Organic farming - Overview |
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| | | | Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Organic farming - The future
Organic farming is at a crossroads. Despite the growth in the organic food market over the last decade, the future of the small, independent farmer, organic or otherwise, is as much in jeopardy now as it has been in recent decades. The local infrastructure to support small farmers is all but non-existent in most developed nations - the current food distribution system favors high-volume production, and large farming operations. What is commonly known as "organic farming" may chan ...
See also:Organic farming, Organic farming - Overview, Organic farming - History, Organic farming - Methods, Organic farming - Organic farming systems, Organic farming - Standards, Organic farming - Productivity, Organic farming - Issues, Organic farming - Pesticides, Organic farming - Genetically modified organisms, Organic farming - The environment, Organic farming - Food contamination, Organic farming - Food quality, Organic farming - Soil conservation, Organic farming - Government subsidies, Organic farming - Rural infrastructure, Organic farming - Sustainability, Organic farming - Certification, Organic farming - The future Read more here: » Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Organic farming - The future |
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| | | | Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Organic farming - Issues All aspects of organic farming and organic food are under debate. Environmentalists, food safety advocates, various consumer protection, social justice and labor groups, small independent farmers, and a growing number of food consumers are ranged against agribusiness and current government agricultural policies.
The controversy centers on the overall value and safety of chemical agriculture, with organic farming popularly regarded as the "opposite" of modern, large-scale, chemical-based, vertically integrated, corporate food production. As public awareness increases, there are a number of obstacles ...
See also:Organic farming, Organic farming - Overview, Organic farming - History, Organic farming - Methods, Organic farming - Organic farming systems, Organic farming - Standards, Organic farming - Productivity, Organic farming - Issues, Organic farming - Pesticides, Organic farming - Genetically modified organisms, Organic farming - The environment, Organic farming - Food contamination, Organic farming - Food quality, Organic farming - Soil conservation, Organic farming - Government subsidies, Organic farming - Rural infrastructure, Organic farming - Sustainability, Organic farming - Certification, Organic farming - The future Read more here: » Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Organic farming - Issues |
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| | | | Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Organic farming - Issues Intense debate surrounds all aspects of organic farming and organic food. Environmentalists, food safety advocates, various consumer protection, social justice and labor groups, small independent farmers, and a growing number of food consumers - among others - are ranged against agribusiness and many existing and proposed government agricultural policies.
The controversy centers around the overall value and safety of chemical agriculture, with organic farming popularly regarded as the "opposite" of modern, large-scale, chemical-based, ...
See also:Organic farming, Organic farming - Overview, Organic farming - Methods, Organic farming - Soil fertility, Organic farming - Pest control, Organic farming - Crop planning, Organic farming - Livestock, Organic farming - Organic farming systems, Organic farming - Productivity, Organic farming - History, Organic farming - Pre-World War II, Organic farming - Post-World War II, Organic farming - 21st Century, Organic farming - Issues, Organic farming - Pesticides, Organic farming - Genetically modified organisms, Organic farming - The environment, Organic farming - Food contamination, Organic farming - Food quality, Organic farming - Soil conservation, Organic farming - Government subsidies, Organic farming - Rural infrastructure, Organic farming - Sustainability, Organic farming - The future Read more here: » Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Organic farming - Issues |
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| | | | Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - List of organic gardening and farming topics - Tools Cultivation;
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See also:List of organic gardening and farming topics, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Soil, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Soil fertility, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Techniques, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Tools, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Propagation, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Wildlife in the garden, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Crops, List of organic gardening and farming topics - The ornamental organic garden, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Pests and diseases, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Weeds, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Organic organisations, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Some important figures in the organic gardening movement, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Related lists Read more here: » List of organic gardening and farming topics: Encyclopedia II - List of organic gardening and farming topics - Tools |
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| | | | Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Organic food - Claimed advantages over conventional farming
Organic food - Less toxic.
Organic proponents cite evidence showing that certain chemicals used in conventional farming, including pesticides and herbicides, mimic hormones - usually estrogen - when inside a person. They claim that this is significant even at the minute levels that the average person is exposed to. The US government states that these chemicals are safe when used correctly, but proponents claim such tests are only done on healthy adults - and that it is instead childre ...
See also:Organic food, Organic food - Types of organic food, Organic food - Identifying organic food, Organic food - Legal definition, Organic food - Preservatives, Organic food - Claimed advantages over conventional farming, Organic food - Less toxic, Organic food - Energy and environmental, Organic food - Tastier, Organic food - Nutritional value, Organic food - GMO free, Organic food - Summary, Organic food - Related movements, Organic food - Facts and statistics Read more here: » Organic food: Encyclopedia II - Organic food - Claimed advantages over conventional farming |
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| | | | Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - List of organic gardening and farming topics - Tools Cultivation;
Spade
Fork
Hoe
Trowel
Kirpi
Lawncare
Lawnmower
Pruning and tree care;
Secatuers
Pruning saw
Bow saw
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See also:List of organic gardening and farming topics, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Soil, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Soil fertility, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Techniques, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Tools, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Propagation, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Wildlife in the garden, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Crops, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Organic farming and gardening systems and approaches, List of organic gardening and farming topics - The ornamental organic garden, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Pests and diseases, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Weeds, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Organic organisations, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Some important figures in organic farming and gardening, List of organic gardening and farming topics - Related lists Read more here: » List of organic gardening and farming topics: Encyclopedia II - List of organic gardening and farming topics - Tools |
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| | | | Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Organic food - Types of organic food Organic foods, like food in general, can be grouped into two categories, fresh and processed, based on production methods, availability and consumer perception.
Fresh food is seasonal and highly perishable. Fresh produce — vegetables and fruits — is the most available type of organic food, and closely associated with organic farming. It is often purchased directly from the growers, at farmers' markets, from on-farm stands, through speciality food stores, and through community-supported agriculture (CSA) projec ...
See also:Organic food, Organic food - Types of organic food, Organic food - Identifying organic food, Organic food - Legal definition, Organic food - Preservatives, Organic food - Claimed advantages over conventional farming, Organic food - Less toxic, Organic food - Energy and environmental, Organic food - Tastier, Organic food - Nutritional value, Organic food - GMO free, Organic food - Summary, Organic food - Related movements, Organic food - Facts and statistics Read more here: » Organic food: Encyclopedia II - Organic food - Types of organic food |
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| | | | Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Organic food - Facts and statistics While organic food accounts for 1–2% of total food sales worldwide, the organic food market is growing rapidly, far ahead of the rest of the food industry, in both developed and developing nations.
World organic food sales were US $23 billion in 2002.[8]
The world organic market has been growing by 20% a year since the early 1990s, with future growth estimates ranging from 10-50% annually depending on the country.
In the United States, organic food is federally regulated by the National Organic Pr ...
See also:Organic food, Organic food - Types of organic food, Organic food - Identifying organic food, Organic food - Legal definition, Organic food - Preservatives, Organic food - Claimed advantages over conventional farming, Organic food - Less toxic, Organic food - Energy and environmental, Organic food - Tastier, Organic food - Nutritional value, Organic food - GMO free, Organic food - Summary, Organic food - Related movements, Organic food - Facts and statistics Read more here: » Organic food: Encyclopedia II - Organic food - Facts and statistics |
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| | | | Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Organic food - Identifying organic food Definitions of organic food vary. Organics can be difficult to explain by empirical measurement. For one thing, the majority of food industry research of the last 100 years has been focused solely on developing chemical agriculture and modern food processing -- almost nothing has been done to formally investigate side effects of conventional agriculture that are not immediately obvious. Also, organics is an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" proposition, concerned in large part with what NOT to do -- "as much as possible, let Nature do its th ...
See also:Organic food, Organic food - Types of organic food, Organic food - Identifying organic food, Organic food - Legal definition, Organic food - Preservatives, Organic food - Claimed advantages over conventional farming, Organic food - Less toxic, Organic food - Energy and environmental, Organic food - Tastier, Organic food - Nutritional value, Organic food - GMO free, Organic food - Summary, Organic food - Related movements, Organic food - Facts and statistics Read more here: » Organic food: Encyclopedia II - Organic food - Identifying organic food |
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| | | | Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Organic food - Related movements Various alternative organic standards are emerging. They generally bypass formal certification, which can be expensive and cumbersome, and provide their own definition of organic food. One such, the Authentic Food standard, proposed by leading US organic farmer Eliot Coleman, includes criteria that are incompatible with current agribusiness:
All foods are produced by the growers who sell them.
Fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, eggs and meat products are produced within a 50-mile radius of their place of their final sal ...
See also:Organic food, Organic food - Types of organic food, Organic food - Identifying organic food, Organic food - Legal definition, Organic food - Preservatives, Organic food - Claimed advantages over conventional farming, Organic food - Less toxic, Organic food - Energy and environmental, Organic food - Tastier, Organic food - Nutritional value, Organic food - GMO free, Organic food - Summary, Organic food - Related movements, Organic food - Facts and statistics Read more here: » Organic food: Encyclopedia II - Organic food - Related movements |
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| | | | Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Biodynamic agriculture - Skeptical view Opponents of biodynamic agriculture argue that there is nothing to be gained by following Steiner's teachings, and that similar or equal results can be obtained using standard organic farming principles. In particular, the use of religious and philosophical concepts, for example those of balance and harmony, beyond the conventional critical thinking of the Western world stand out as points of contention - as well as of interest.
Many organic farmers believe that the practices of biodynamic agriculture more resemble alchemy or magic ak ...
See also:Biodynamic agriculture, Biodynamic agriculture - General characteristics, Biodynamic agriculture - Fertilizers, Biodynamic agriculture - Field preparations, Biodynamic agriculture - Compost preparations, Biodynamic agriculture - Homeopathic Preparations, Biodynamic agriculture - Dealing with pests and weeds, Biodynamic agriculture - Skeptical view, Biodynamic agriculture - Certification and guarding organizations, Biodynamic agriculture - Rival organizations, Biodynamic agriculture - Sources Read more here: » Biodynamic agriculture: Encyclopedia II - Biodynamic agriculture - Skeptical view |
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| | | | Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Biodynamic agriculture - Certification and guarding organizations The largest certification organisation for biodynamic farms is Demeter International and its country organisations. Other organisations exist; in the USA this has led to the BDA (Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association, Inc.) who are responsible for the Demeter system in the U.S. into trademarking the term biodynamic in the USA to stop other organisations using it.
The BDA and Demeter believe that the original guidelines set by Steiner are are to be followed by the book and no further work or alterations should be made to his basic ideas.
In France Biodivin certifies Biodynam ...
See also:Biodynamic agriculture, Biodynamic agriculture - General characteristics, Biodynamic agriculture - Fertilizers, Biodynamic agriculture - Field preparations, Biodynamic agriculture - Compost preparations, Biodynamic agriculture - Homeopathic Preparations, Biodynamic agriculture - Dealing with pests and weeds, Biodynamic agriculture - Skeptical view, Biodynamic agriculture - Certification and guarding organizations, Biodynamic agriculture - Rival organizations, Biodynamic agriculture - Sources Read more here: » Biodynamic agriculture: Encyclopedia II - Biodynamic agriculture - Certification and guarding organizations |
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| | | | Organic farming: Encyclopedia II - Biodynamic agriculture - Certification and guarding organizations The largest certification organisation for biodynamic farms is Demeter International and its country organisations. Other organisations exist; in the USA this has led to the BDA (Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association, Inc.) who are responsible for the Demeter system in the U.S. into trademarking the term biodynamic in the USA to stop other organisations using it.
The BDA and Demeter believe that the original guidelines set by Steiner are to be followed by the book and no further work or alterations should be made to his basic ideas.
In France Biodivin certifies Biodynam ...
See also:Biodynamic agriculture, Biodynamic agriculture - General characteristics, Biodynamic agriculture - Fertilizers, Biodynamic agriculture - Field preparations, Biodynamic agriculture - Compost preparations, Biodynamic agriculture - Homeopathic Preparations, Biodynamic agriculture - Dealing with pests and weeds, Biodynamic agriculture - Skeptical view, Biodynamic agriculture - Certification and guarding organizations, Biodynamic agriculture - Rival organizations, Biodynamic agriculture - Sources Read more here: » Biodynamic agriculture: Encyclopedia II - Biodynamic agriculture - Certification and guarding organizations |
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