2001•Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture)Requires access
Contributions of organic farming to a sustainable environment
Lukas Pfiffner, Anna Maria Häring, Stephan Dabbert, Matthias Stolze, Annette Piorr
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Abstract
Heavy reliance on non-renewable resources, reduced biodiversity, water contamination, chemical residues in food, soil degradation and health risks to farm workers using pes-ticides all bring into question the sustainability of conventional farming systems (e.g. Mattson et al. 1997).