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  2. History of organic farming - Wikipedia

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    An organic movement began in the 1940s as a reaction to agriculture's growing reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. The history of this modern revival of organic farming dates back to the first half of the 20th century at a time when there was a growing reliance on these new synthetic, non-organic methods.

  3. Organic movement - Wikipedia

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    The organic movement began in the early 1900s in response to the shift towards synthetic nitrogen fertilizers and pesticides in the early days of industrial agriculture.A relatively small group of farmers came together in various associations: Demeter International of Germany, which encouraged biodynamic farming and began the first certification program, the Australian Organic Farming and ...

  4. Organic farming - Wikipedia

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    Organic farming is often presented as a more biodiversity-friendly practice, but the generality of the beneficial effects of organic farming is debated as the effects appear often species- and context-dependent, and current research has highlighted the need to quantify the relative effects of local- and landscape-scale management on farmland ...

  5. The Living Soil - Wikipedia

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    First edition (publ. Faber & Faber) The Living Soil (1943) by Lady Eve Balfour is considered a seminal classic in organic agriculture and the organic movement. [1] The book is based on the initial findings of the first three years of the Haughley Experiment, the first formal, side-by-side farm trial to compare organic and chemical-based farming, started in 1939 by Balfour (with Alice Debenham ...

  6. J. I. Rodale - Wikipedia

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    She attributes her interest in the organic food movement to growing up on America's first certified organic farm. [ 23 ] In October 2017, New York City media giant Hearst announced it would acquire the magazine and book businesses of the 90-year-old Rodale Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

  7. Organic food - Wikipedia

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    The effort for the first transition to a completely organic farming nation was further challenged by effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. [129] [130] Bhutan. In 2013 the government of Bhutan announced that the country will become the first in the world with 100% organic farming [131] and started a program for

  8. National Organic Program - Wikipedia

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    The National Organic Program (NOP) is the federal regulatory framework in the United States of America governing organic food. It is also the name of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) program responsible for administering and enforcing the regulatory framework.

  9. Organic farming by continent - Wikipedia

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    Many organic products are imported from Oceania and the North America. Modern organic agriculture in China began in the 1990s, focusing primarily on exporting to international markets. [9] Historically, China has 4,000 years of traditional sustainable farming methods.