Whenever you go to a grocery store, they are always advertising organic fruits and vegetables. As you may know as a consumer already the difference between organic and non-organic is just farmers and other produce suppliers don’t use harmful herbicides. But what is the science...
After World War II Europe was devastated and was suffering a severe food shortage. In the Netherlands Sicco Mansholt was instantly appointed as Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in order to avoid another famine. His fundamental goal was to feed the world, through...
This issue is all about organic farming and its possibility it has to be a better more sustainable way to produce food. Brian Halweil says yes that organic farming’s yield is high enough to be able to sustain the future population; however John J. Miller...
Recently, in my Environmental Science class, we have been discussing organic farming. To enhance our understanding of organic agriculture, my Environmental Science Lab and I visited a farm titled Red Clay Farm, which is a certified organic. This location grows produce without GMO seeds. Moreover,...
The first thing that needs to be done is defining what a synthetic pesticide is and what biodiversity is. A synthetic pesticide is a chemical used to kill or repel pests and biodiversity is the variety of life in the world. According to the US...
Proposal on Organic Farming With organic produce being such a large part of the United States food industry, it is important that measures are taken to ensure consumers are getting what they pay for and that they can trust the purchasing process. In ancient times,...
Most people view a food as organic if it has been grown without the use of pesticides and other chemicals. While this view of organic foods is technically true, there is also the issue of sustainability to consider. Sustainably grown organic foods are not only...
The second largest tea producing state of India is West Bengal. Darjeeling districts itself produces 25% of India’s total tea production. The Tea cultivation is being carried over centuries in Indo-Burma mega-biodiversity hotspot of Assam and Dooars region of West Bengal. The tea twigs (bushes)...
One of man’s most important concerns today is to produce enough food to feed an increasingly growing population. For this it needs breeders, planters and farmers who use methods that respect biodiversity. In that line the Union of Concerned Scientists (USC) of the USA suggests...
Introduction Most people have chicken in their normal diet, but almost none of them know where it comes from or how it is killed. If these people figured out how this happens some of them might never eat chicken again. The way they raise, kill,...
In the past decade, the demand for organic food has skyrocketed. As more information about human health and the effect of our ecological footprint becomes available, the appeal of organic products increases. The influence of this on younger generations specifically is extremely evident in social...
The Importance of Knowing Food Origins In our everyday life, we consume food, but we don’t always know exactly where it came from or how it was handled before purchase. Organic foods are said to have fewer pesticides, richer nutrients, be non-GMO, and organically raised...
Within the last decade there has been an exponential increase in the number of individuals switching to organic foods in return of a so-called healthier diet. Large-scale industrial production has caused conventional foods to result as harmful and in fact detrimental to the human body....
Introduction The Good Food Revolution, a book written by Will Allen, provides a thought-provoking analysis on the flaws of the agro-industrial complex and offers alternative solutions for a better and sustainable future. Allen, a former professional basketball player turned urban farmer, outlines his experiences and...
