Early results of EU-funded research have indicated that organic fruit and vegetables contain 40% more antioxidants compared to non-organic foodstuffs. […]
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, has called for a 5-year moratorium on biofuel production using current methods. […] This study has found that organic agriculture has the potential to contribute substantially to the global food supply […] This article by Dr Mae-Wan Ho of the Institute of Science in Society describes a proposal for an integrated food and energy rich farm that produces, ‘zero-emission’ and ‘zero-waste’ thus completely obviating the need for fossil fuels. […] The current global economic framework poses challenges to agriculture, which need to be resolved if sustainable agriculture is to be taken seriously. […] GRAIN warns that this rush into agrofuels is causing enormous environmental and social damage. Also, figures show that the contribution of agrofuels to combat climate change is not likely to be significant. […] This is a summary report which provides an example of an organic and diverse food system in a village in Indonesia. It is a paper submitted to the FAO’s conference on organic agriculture and food security, […] A summary report by Yayasan Mitra Tani Mandiri (YMTM), Yayasan An Feot Ana (YAFA) and TWN on the results of an organic agroforestry programme in Timor, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. […] Press articles relating to the International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security, held at the FAO in Rome from 3-5 May 2007. […] Report on the International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security, organized by the FAO in Rome, Italy on 3-5 May 2007. […] |
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