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ORGANIC FARMING

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Modern industrialized agriculture produces large amounts of food at prices that are relatively low, mostly because the harmful environmental and health costs of such agriculture are not included in the market prices of food. But to a growing number of analysts, this form of agriculture is unsustainable, because it violates the three principles of sustainability ( https://meticulousperspectives.blogspot.com/search?q=three+principles+of+sustainability ). It relies heavily on use of fossil fuels, which adds greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and thus contributes to climate change. It also reduces biodiversity in areas where food is grown and agrobiodiversity, and it reduces the cycling of plant nutrients back to topsoil. Thus, it becomes must to shift towards a more sustainable form of agriculture. One component of more sustainable agriculture is organic agriculture . From a nutrient standpoint there is no clear-cut evidence that organic foods are nutritionally healthier to eat than conve