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The technology that sets organic agriculture apart from conventional agriculture isn’t mechanical; it’s ecological and biological.
Pamela C. Ronald • Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
At the long-term research farm at UC Davis, after nine years of growing a corn and tomato rotation, organic corn yields were 66% of conventional, while there was no statistical difference between organic and conventional tomatoes
Pamela C. Ronald • Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
Studies too numerous to count have confirmed Dr. Price's observations that the so-called civilized diet, particularly the Western diet of refined carbohydrates and devitalized fats and oils, spoils our God-given genetic inheritance of physical perfection and vibrant health.
Sally Fallon • Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats

some researchers are doing genetic work on new varieties of crops that can recruit bacteria to fix nitrogen for them. In addition, one company has developed genetically modified microbes that fix…
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Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Critics of organic agriculture, like Vaclav Smil,
Pamela C. Ronald • Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
Few people today would recognize the name Norman Borlaug, but it was his research that helped kick off what has come to be known as the “Green Revolution.” An American agricultural scientist in the 1940s, Borlaug began researching high-yielding varieties of wheat in Mexico. He was tasked with using modern plant-breeding techniques, including
... See moreSubstack • Defying Malthus
some stress was necessary in order to elicit flavonoids (complex organic molecules specific to plants). These molecules are the essence of why most vegetables have distinctive flavors and aromas.