Four principles of organic agriculture (4/4): Care
The principles of health, ecology and fairness are brought together into the fourth and final principle of organic agriculture: the...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
Four principles of organic agriculture (3/4): Fairness
Unfairness is unsustainable, and organic agriculture aims for sustainability: it must, consequently, be fair. Even if it is not a part of...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
Organic agriculture stimulates species evenness for biological pest control, study finds
Organic agriculture is a fairly simple thing on its basis — only use organic fertilizers, and do not use synthetic pesticides. That is...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Four principles for organic agriculture (2/4): Ecology.
Seen from the outside, agriculture may seem to be a magical process: things are planted in the soil, cared for during a season, and food...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
Four principles for organic agriculture (1/4): Health.
Organic agriculture is a different sort of business. It is, of course, still a business, where profitability and productivity matter (how...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Oct 24, 2021
- 2 min
Biological pest control agent profiles: Encarsia formosa
Any gardener, no matter the scale of their work, have noticed at some point the infestation of little white insects, flying frenetically...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Oct 11, 2021
- 2 min
An insight into the human values underlying organic agriculture
It would seem counterintuitive that emphasizing nature would foster deeply human values – at least, from the perspective of human beings...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
Organic agriculture could double the yields of the world’s poorest farmers
When promoting policies that support and stimulate organic agriculture, one common criticism is heard: that organic agriculture lacks the...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Sep 26, 2021
- 2 min
Biological control agent profiles: Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita
Around the world and throughout history, slugs are one of the most enduring and pervasive pests that plague plant cultivation. Slugs...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Europe’s ambitious goal – converting 25% of its agricultural land to organic farming by 2030
Last March, the European Commission (the organism in charge of designing the implementation of the EU’s policies) presented a 22-page...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Sep 12, 2021
- 2 min
The end of green deserts? Organic agriculture boosts biodiversity by 30%, studies find.
Everywhere around the world, but more so in the developing countries, vast deserts spring up from the ground and begin to cover formerly...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Sep 6, 2021
- 2 min
Organic agriculture significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions, according to 23 years of data.
According to the most recent data on the subject, no less than a quarter of all the world’s greenhouse gas emissions come from...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Aug 30, 2021
- 2 min
Biological pest control agent profiles: Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)
As a part of the collective efforts of the agricultural industry for finding ways of dealing with microscopic agents of disease, there...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
Meet the organization giving a voice to organic agriculture worldwide
It was the fall in Versailles when a group of international participants (five, in total) arrived at the first meeting of a “big national...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
A look at the case of Sikkim, the world’s first fully organic state
In the struggle to transition to a greener, healthier world, every single victory is a victory for the planet as a whole. Efforts of...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Aug 9, 2021
- 2 min
Biological pest control agent profiles: Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt.)
The crown jewel of biological pest control, Bacillus thuringiensis is a species of bacteria that has become one of the most frequently...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
Organic fertilizers lend a hand in the fight against overfertilization
Even though it sounds like everything but a problem for many farmers and gardeners who have to face the increasing nutrient depletion of...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Jul 25, 2021
- 2 min
Biological pest control agent profiles: Trichoderma fungi (Trichoderma spp.)
Trichoderma fungi are an efficient, cost-effective, and selective means for the biological control of fungal diseases, bacterial...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
How can flowers aid in the fight against agricultural pests?
According to a recent study published by a team of researchers from the universities of Westlake and Copenhagen, it turns out that...
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Miguel M.LS.
- Jul 16, 2021
- 3 min
Understanding the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (C:N)
One of the beautiful aspects of organic agriculture (and regenerative agriculture in particular) is that it’s not magic: it’s a...
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