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Revija za Geografijo, 2010 In recent years, the market for organic farming has significantly increased in response to concerns over food quality and environmental matters. Organic food is quite attractive for consumers and is often associated to quality, healthy and natural ...
Annabelle Boulay
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Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 2023 Diversification is widely considered to positively influence the environmental sustainability of livestock farming. Multiple options exist to diversify cattle farms, but few have been examined at a systems level for grass-based livestock farms.
D. O’Brien +2 more
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Iodine Concentrations in Conventional and Organic Milk in the Northeastern U.S.
Dairy, 2022 Milk is a major source of dietary iodine in the United States. Due to a relatively low margin of safety for iodine intake, there are concerns for both deficiency and over-exposure.
Nobumitsu Sakai +2 more
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Organic Dairy Cattle: Do European Union Regulations Promote Animal Welfare?
Animals, 2020 Animal welfare is an emerging concept in EU law; with the advent of specific regulations intending to protect animals. The approach taken by European lawmakers is to provide “minimum standards” for conventional farming; argued by some as failing to ...
Eugénie Duval +2 more
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Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2021 A questionnaire survey was designed to investigate the consumption habits and commercialization of organic products in Portugal, under COVID-19 restrictions.
Ana R. Pires +3 more
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Rapid sustainability assessment of organic and low-input farming across Europe and identification of research needs [PDF]
, 2013 The objective of this report is to present information on research needs to support improvement of sustainability of organic and low input dairy farms in the EU which could be addressed with on-farm projects.
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Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2019 The paper deals with microbiological parameters of goat cheeses produced on two farms during several years. The first farm used conventional farming method with about 130 dairy goats and the second one applied organic farming method with approximately ...
Libor Kalhotka +6 more
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Energy Consumption on Dairy Farms: A Review of Monitoring, Prediction Modelling, and Analyses
Energies, 2020 The global consumption of dairy produce is forecasted to increase by 19% per person by 2050. However, milk production is an intense energy consuming process.
Philip Shine +3 more
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Economic evaluation of cattle management in the system of organic farming
Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2003 This paper introduces partial results of the research project QC 1140 aimed at the efficiency of enterprises operating in the system of organic farming, especially considering the use of grassland linked with cattle management.
I. Živělová, J. Jánský, P. Novák
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Exploring sustainable dairy farming practices through consumer surveys
MljekarstvoThis structured consumer survey aimed to analyse perceptions of dairy farming practices, specifically focusing on organic production, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), alternative milk products, and consumers’ purchasing behaviours.
Snežana Paskaš +4 more
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