by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Nov 19, 2021 | Food and Nutrition
Organic farms rely on inter-cropping, rotation of crops, mulching, integrated pest management through biopesticides, biofertilizers like farmyard manure, organic compost, etc. Chemical pesticides and fertilizers are not used in organic farms. Organic farms require...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Oct 18, 2021 | Food and Nutrition
The US is not the biggest in organic cultivation but the largest market for organic food and products. Its demand has been put at 24.3 billion Euros. Approximately 43% of the world’s revenues from organic food come from the US alone. Other major contributors are...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Jul 21, 2021 | Food and Nutrition
Of the total global land (1.5 billion hectares), about 11% is under cultivation. 2015 figures published by FiBL put the global organic agriculture area under cultivation at 50.9 million (FiBL, 2015). Most of the organic producers are in developing countries. FiBL 2017...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Sep 15, 2020 | Food and Nutrition
A comparison of the nutritional value, sensory qualities, and food safety of organically and conventionally produced foods were made. Except for nitrate content, there is no strong evidence that organic and conventional foods differ in concentrations of various...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Apr 29, 2020 | Food and Nutrition
Organic food premium prices are food security, food business, and environmental questions. According to the World Bank, the food and agriculture industry is around 10% of the global GDP of $78 trillion. The world’s natural and organic food and retail industry is...
