Over 50% Chemicals Aren’t Tested

13Jun10

Is it any surprise that over half of all chemicals in this database haven’t had any testing done? Yes humans love to rush things don’t they?

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Tags: ACToR, chemical, database, EPA, pesticide, research, Science, toxin

Real Deal? New Test to Prove It’s Organic

02Jun09

Now a researcher in Germany has demonstrated the feasibility of laboratory testing to determine whether a carton of organic milk is what it says it is.

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Tags: academics, label, organic, research, testing

Less Means More: Get Your $ Worth with Organic

08May09

Leifert wastes no time getting to his findings. Organic farming methods “are the only way forward,” he begins his talk at COG. “Even in the short term, organic is the only way to achieve acceptable yields.”

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Tags: academics, carlo leifert, chemicals, ecologically friendly, farming, fertilizers, Food Sovereignty, inputs, low input, Newcastle University, nitrogen, NPK, nutrition, Organic Agriculture, organic farming, pesticide, phosphorous, potash, potassium, qlif, quality, research, sustainable farming, vitamins

Local researcher studies soil, farming impacts on environment

04Mar09

Shabtai Bittman knows a thing or two about soil. As a research scientist at Pacific Agriculture Research Centre (PARC) in Agassiz, Bittman studies nutrient management on farms. His team focuses in particular on ways to reduce the impact of manure on air and water quality.

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Tags: Agriculture, Canada, emissions, environment canada, farming, gas, greenhouse, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, nutrient management, research

WHY ORGANIC FOOD REALLY “IS” GOOD FOR YOU

29Jan09

Growing and Eating for Nourishment, Nourishing the Future will have keynote speaker Carlo Leifert, leader of the largest, most sweeping organic food study ever done to date (http://bit.ly/171JG, http://bit.ly/gPZd). Over 30 research organizations, businesses and universities were involved in using science to get to the bottom of things. You will learn about the truth of what makes real good and healthy food at this one-day conference on Saturday, Feb 21st at the U of T Conference Centre (89 Chestnut St).

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Shaping the Region: A Better Toronto?

19Dec08

The Neptis Foundation has commissioned several studies that examine planning policies in the context of Ontario’s new Growth Plan for the Toronto metropolitan region. In the second of this two-part series, the findings from two research projects will be presented.

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Tags: development, Food, Food Security, form, growth, intensification, planning, policy, presentation, reception, research, seminar, smart, sovereignty, transport, urban

BLASTED: Study on Organics vs. Conventional

09Nov08

A previous study on the health benefits between organic and your usual supermarket produce may have got it all wrong! They found no different – the problem was that they did the test on soil that was previously organically managed which would have made both conventional or organic crops about the same!

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Tags: Agriculture, comparison, conventional, design, Food, industrial, method, methodology, organic, production, research

Wireless Soil Sensors Designed To Improve Farming

27Oct08

Kumar is leading an Iowa State University research team that’s developing transceivers and sensors designed to collect and send data about soil moisture within a field. Eventually the researchers are hoping the sensors will also collect data about soil temperature and nutrient content.

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Tags: Agriculture, content, Iowa, moisture, nutrient, OACC, research, Science, sensor, Soil, state, technology, temperature, university

Growing for Nourishment, Nourishing the Future [Conference]

19Oct08

If you care about the foods you eat, how visionary farmers grow for quality and the enormous benefits of organic then this conference is for you. And it’s time to accept the science that proves the benefits of organic food and it’s time to ACT on what we know. Share the vision, the science of organic growing.

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