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A report from the Humane Party determines that vegan-organic agriculture can be 4,198% more productive than animal-based agriculture in the amount of food produced per acre. [25] Veganic farmer Will Bonsall told The Guardian that most vegetables are "very un-vegan" due to being grown using inputs of animal-based products. [26]
Buying organic food (especially produce) is all the rage these days, and plenty of shoppers won't touch food that doesn't have a USDA Organic label. But some organic food products might actually ...
Organic food sales have grown by 17 to 20 percent a year in the early 2000s [141] while sales of conventional food have grown only about 2 to 3 percent a year. [142] The US organic market grew 9.5% in 2011, breaking the $30bn barrier for the first time, and continued to outpace sales of non-organic food. [137]
Around 500 VSS today apply to key exports of many developing countries, such as coffee, tea, bananas, cocoa, palm oil, timber, cotton, and organic agri-foods. [182] VSS are found to reduce eutrophication, water use, greenhouse gas emissions, and natural ecosystem conversion. [183] And thus are considered as a potential tool for sustainable ...
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Whole foods are foods that are unprocessed and unrefined. [1] [2] [3] Examples of whole foods include grains such as oatmeal and rice, fruits, vegetables, dried beans, nuts, seeds, unprocessed meats, and fish. [3] [4] [5] [2] Depending on the context this may sometimes refer to an all natural diet or a plant-based diet.
There are four key issues when comparing the impacts on biodiversity of organic and conventional farming: (1) It remains unclear whether a holistic whole-farm approach (i.e. organic) provides greater benefits to biodiversity than carefully targeted prescriptions applied to relatively small areas of cropped and/or non-cropped habitats within ...
Nearly all non-crop, naturally occurring species observed in comparative farm land practice studies show a preference in organic farming both by population and richness. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Spanning all associated species, there is an average of 30% more on organic farms versus conventional farming methods, however this does not account for possible ...