BIOL 1055 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Allergen, Plasmid, Glyphosate
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Organic food: emphasis on use of renewable resources and conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality for future generations, must be certified by. Buying more than we used to, more readily available. Correlation between level of education and purchase of organic foods. Integrated farm management might be the best (best of conventional and organic) Organic farming has higher agro-biodiversity and is associated with higher natural biodiversity. Better health wise, lower toxicity, pesticide residue (but less than conventional) Food borne illnesses: no difference is amount of diseases in conventional versus organic agriculture. Natural plant secondary chemicals: can be carcinogenic, might be good. Contributors to today"s most serious environmental problems. Requires a lot of water to operate. Beef has the biggest impact out of all meat. Grass-fed: lifetime diet consists only of grass and forage, cannot be fed grain or grain byproducts and must have continuous access to pasture during growing season.
