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Chinese Farmers Go Organic Farming
Jul 30th
In a country hit by a string of food safety scandals, the interest of Chinese farmers to go organic farming is going like wildfire. Ji Yunliang who earned a doctorate in chemistry from Beijing University has run a small organic farm of his own.
Organic Farming Can Ease Climate Change
Jul 22nd
New Studies from the US and Europe confirmed that organic farming can help mitigate global warming. According to ecologists, the study gave three major reasons why and how organic agriculture can help battle climate change.
Firstly, organic farming does not pollute air, water and land with chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Secondly, its methods use animal manure and cover crops like clovers and legumes to enrich the soil which helps sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Lastly, it uses less energy than conventional farming.