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Molly Jahn on the Importance of Soil Health and New Approaches in Understanding its Roots

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This great, long essay on soil health has unusually blunt discussion of the implications of declining soil health. Molly Jahn, a professor of Agronomy at my alma mater UW-Madison, seamlessly merges insights from a helicopter ride outside Des Moines during planting season, to the early crusade to expose and end slavery among sugar plantation workers […]

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NPR Weighs in on Fascinating Pew Survey

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A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Survey polled Americans about GMO and organic foods and the importance of healthy eating.  This NPR report highlights  key findings of this survey, including: Many Americans don’t believe that GMOs are safe for consumption and don’t think there is scientific consensus on this issue; Food issues are […]

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Water

Click to view additional related posts “Influence of Alternative and Conventional Farming Practices on Subsurface Drainage and Water Quality,” Journal of Environmental Quality, 2007 Organic Orchards Deliver Dual Benefits Pesticides All Too Common in Streams and Groundwater

Soil Health

Click to view additional related posts Cover Crops Trigger Unique Gene Expression Patterns That Promote Plant Health Organic Farming Improves Soil Quality Soil Quality from Long-term Organic Management Nearly Doubles Flavonoids in Organic Tomatoes Molly Jahn Speaks Bluntly About the Importance of Soil Health and New Approaches in Understanding Its Roots “Nutrient stripping: the global […]

Cover Crops Trigger Unique Gene Expression Patterns That Promote Plant Health

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In an elegant study that is the first of its kind, scientists working at USDA’s Henry A Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center used the tools of biotechnology to trace how plants respond to a common organic farming practice – the planting of crops in a hairy vetch (HV) mulch-based system.  The study compared the genetic […]

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Animal Products

Click here to view additional related posts Antibiotic Resistance The Organic Center Critical Issue Report: “Organic Food and Farming as a Tool to Combat Antibiotic Resistance and Protect Public Health,” 2015 2015 Report from the FDA on Antimicrobials in Food-Producing Animals Article in Nature: Scientific Reports about antibiotic residues in agricultural soils, 2015 2017 Dr. Benbrook […]

Antioxidants in Strawberries Reduce Oxidative Damage in the Brain and Can Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

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Oxidative damage to human brain cells is an inevitable part of getting older. This is because the body’s natural antioxidant defense mechanisms become steadily less efficient as we age. For this reason, the consumption of foods high in antioxidant content is increasingly important among the elderly, see Antioxidants for more information. Scientists at Cornell University […]

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Key Nutritional Quality Studies: Food Comparisons

General Organic Diet Improves Indicators of Health in a Novel European Experiment “Food For Thought: Researchers Investigating Different Farming Practices Should Not Have to Pick Sides,” 2014 editorial in Nature “Novel Approach for Food Safety Evaluation:  Results of a Pilot Experiment To Evaluate Organic and Conventional Foods,” Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry article, 2004 Italian Scientists Develop […]

FAQ- Meta-Analysis on Nutritional Quality of Meat

Frequently Asked Questions About the Study: Średnicka-Tober D. et al. (2016). “Composition differences between organic and conventional meat; a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.” British Journal of Nutrition, February 16, 2016. Authors: Dominika Średnicka-Tober, Marcin Barański, Chris Seal, Roy Sanderson, Charles Benbrook, Håvard Steinshamn, Joanna Gromadzka-Ostrowska, Ewa Rembiałkowska, Krystyna Skwarło-Sońta, Mick Eyre, Giulio Cozzi, Mette Krogh Larsen, […]

FAQ- Meta-Analysis on Nutritional Quality of Milk

Frequently Asked Questions About the Study: “Higher PUFA and omega-3 PUFA, CLA, α-tocopherol and iron but lower selenium concentrations in organic milk: a systematic literature review and meta- and redundancy analyses.” February 16, 2016.  British Journal of Nutrition Authors: Dominika Średnicka-Tober, Marcin Barański, Chris J. Seal , Roy Sanderson, Charles Benbrook, Håvard Steinshamn, Joanna Gromadzka-Ostrowska, Ewa Rembiałkowska, Krystyna […]