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agriculture that fired the chemistry department and hired more bugs.
means a farming system that grows food without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, or gmos, relying instead on compost, crop rotation, and natural pest control.
from the term traces to lord northbourne's 1940 book look to the land, where he described a farm as a coherent organic whole, not a factory fed by chemicals.
certification lagland needs three pesticide-free years before certifying
yield tradeoffoften produces 10 to 20 percent less per acre
soil bonusbuilds more soil carbon and biodiversity over time
global growthorganic farmland has more than quadrupled since 2000