Organic refers to products grown without added hormones or antibiotics and mostly without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers ...

Installing physical barriers is a straightforward way to prevent pests from reaching crops. Row covers, insect-proof nets, ...

An example of what Brito calls the "conventionalization of organic agriculture" is what is happening in Africa, where ...

For example, a study published in Hydrology and ... system according to plant demand during the growing season. But organic farming depends on compost, the release of which is not matched with ...

Is organic farming anywhere near half of all farming ... they almost never compare it to total retail food sales. For example, here is a chart showing organic sales since 2005.

A research team from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) has investigated this using the example of typical ... to the principles of organic farming. "If only an additional 10% of ...