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Regenerative Food Certification: Gold Standard or Greenwashing?

Modern Farmer

But she maintains that “organic is still really important,” and that’s why USDA organic standards, food grown without most pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, is the minimum baseline for the ROC certification. For livestock farmer and Land to Market certified producer Reuben Hendricks of Cabriejo Ranch , good ecology is good for business.

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‘The Avocado Debate’: Can organic labelling make a difference?

Sustainable Food Trust

Farmers need to have annual inspections to demonstrate delivery against those standards, ranging from controlled pesticide usage to crop rotations and natural fertiliser usage. For products to be certified as organic, they must meet a series of standards that are set and audited by certification bodies (CBs).

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Bringing ‘agroecological intelligence’ to on-farm technology choices

Sustainable Food Trust

Rooted in principles of ecology, localism, democracy, equity and justice, agroecology offers a compelling alternative to the industrial food system. For instance, the ability to repair farm equipment locally or have it serviced by a nearby mechanic was deemed important by several farmers.

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Medically Important Antibiotics Are Still Being Used to Fatten Up Pigs

Civil Eats

.” According to the experts, then, the only way to truly move all drugs off the conveyor belt toward no longer being effective is for FDA to go a step further and stop allowing the broader practice of putting antibiotics in feed as a prevention mechanism and only allow farmers to treat sick animals. as they do in the U.K.

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PARALLEL ECONOMIES - AGRICULTURE

The Lunatic Farmer

But instead it shackled us, enslaved us to nefarious scientists bringing us fertilizer and menus from laboratories instead of from God’s ecological womb. Floating on a sea of cheap energy, these facilities promised mechanized farming and pharmaceutical health. MECHANICAL VERSUS BIOLOGICAL. MECHANICAL VERSUS BIOLOGICAL.