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National Organic Program, administered by the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, NOP establishes the rules and oversees the process governing organic certification.
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The Organic Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to conducting science on the environmental and health effects of organic food and farming and communicate the findings to the public.
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A new report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s Global Panel on Agriculture says two billion people lack the range of vitamins and minerals in their diet needed to keep them healthy. This report also highlights a fact about global nutrition that few people realize: obesity and stunting from undernourishment now occur in the […]
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Rate of Application Metrics Measures of the Extent of Use Limits of “Pounds Applied” Measures of Total Use by Type of Pesticide Measures of Total Pesticide Use Measuring Other Impacts Associated With Pesticide Use The most common metric of “pesticide use” is the pounds of active ingredient applied in a given year on an acre […]
Supplement to “Organic Production Enhances Milk Nutritional Quality by Shifting Fatty Acid Composition: A United States-Wide, 18-Month Study,” published in PLOS ONE, December 9, 2013 Authors: Charles M. Benbrook, Gillian Butler, Maged A. Latif, Carlo Leifert, and Donald R. Davis Click here to download this primer as a pdf Introduction to Cow’s Milk Whole cow’s […]
On 10/16/16 The Wall Street Journal posted an interesting interview with Jim Purdue, chariman of the mega poultry agribusiness Purdue Farms, Inc., discusses why Purdue eliminated routine use of antibiotics for growth promotion and disease prevention, and what happened as a result. Purdue discusses how consumers are looking at their food the way they look […]
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