Does eating organic food protect against cancer?
A new study attempts to answer a question that scientists and consumers have been pondering for years: Can organic food reduce the risk of developing cancer? Organic food started as a niche product only a few decades ago but is now present in most grocery stores...
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Five tips for beginning organic farmers
When it occurred to me that a disproportionate number of my friends and acquaintances are organic farmers, I decided to round them up and ask for advice. Here’s what they told me: 1. Don’t be afraid to ask. If you know where you’ll be farming, contact other farmers in...
read moreIndia has the highest number of organic farmers globally, but most of them are struggling
India is home to 30 per cent of the total organic producers in the world, but accounts for just 2.59 per cent (1.5 million hectares) of the total organic cultivation area of 57.8 million hectares, according to the World of Organic Agriculture 2018 report. At the same...
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How farmers in a taluk in Tamil Nadu are bringing back organic farming
Through organic practices, farmers have brought back traditional paddy varieties like mappillai samba and neela samba, among other varieties. In Sirkazhi taluk of Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district, farmers have been producing indigenous seeds that once thrived in...
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Five tips for beginning organic farmers
When it occurred to me that a disproportionate number of my friends and acquaintances are organic farmers, I decided to round them up and ask for advice. Here’s what they told me: 1. Don’t be afraid to ask. If you know where you’ll be farming, contact other farmers in...
read moreContact timestep
For SOFT=0 contacts, the surface timstep is proportional to min[sqrt(m/k)] where m is essentially the mass attached to the contact "spring" and k is the contact spring stiffness which is a function of the material bulk modulus and element size (see section 23 in the...
read moreWhat are the differences between implicit and explicit?
In static analysis, there is no effect of mass (inertia) or of damping. In dynamic analysis, nodal forces associated with mass/inertia and damping are included. Static analysis is done using an implicit solver in LS-DYNA. Dynamic analysis can be done via the explicit...
read moreIndia has the highest number of organic farmers globally, but most of them are struggling
India is home to 30 per cent of the total organic producers in the world, but accounts for just 2.59 per cent (1.5 million hectares) of the total organic cultivation area of 57.8 million hectares, according to the World of Organic Agriculture 2018 report. At the same...
read moreNew Study Associates Organic Diet with Reduced Risk of Cancer
A new study reported in the New York Times on October 22nd examines the relationship between an organic food-based diet and cancer risk. Funded entirely by public and government funds at the Center of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics Sorbonne Paris Cite,...
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