Making Conventional Agriculture Environmentally Friendly: Moving beyond the Glorification of Organic Agriculture and the Demonization of Conventional Agriculture

Human health implications of organic food and organic agriculture: a comprehensive review

(2017) Axel Mie et al.   Environmental Health

Comparative analysis of environmental impacts of agricultural production systems, agricultural input efficiency, and food choice

(2017) Michael Clark et al.   Environmental Research Letters

CRISPR, microbes and more are joining the war against crop killers

(2017) Brooke Borel   NATURE

World’s carbon emissions set to spike by 2% in 2017

(2017) Jeff Tollefson   NATURE

The role of energy technology innovation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions: A case study of Canada

(2017) Sarah M. Jordaan et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture

(2017) Adrian Muller et al.   Nature Communications

Dynamics of organic agriculture in Andalusia: Moving toward conventionalization?

(2017) María Ramos García et al.   Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

From food availability to nutritional capabilities: Advancing food security analysis

(2016) Francesco Burchi et al.   FOOD POLICY

Life cycle assessment of the environmental performance of conventional and organic methods of open field pepper cultivation system

(2016) Efthalia Chatzisymeon et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Short-term soil loss by eolian erosion in response to different rain-fed agricultural practices

(2016) Smadar Tanner et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Rethinking the sustainability of Israel's irrigation practices in the Drylands

(2016) Alon Tal   WATER RESEARCH

Substantial dust loss of bioavailable phosphorus from agricultural soils

(2016) Itzhak Katra et al.   Scientific Reports

Organic agriculture values and practices in Portugal and Italy

(2015) Isabel Dinis et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Environmental impacts of organic and conventional agricultural products – Are the differences captured by life cycle assessment?

(2015) Matthias S. Meier et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Financial competitiveness of organic agriculture on a global scale

(2015) David W. Crowder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Accelerated modern human-induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction

(2015) G. Ceballos et al.   Science Advances

Facing food insecurity in Africa: Why, after 30 years of work in organic agriculture, I am promoting the use of synthetic fertilizers and herbicides in small-scale staple crop production

(2014) Don Lotter   AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES

Higher antioxidant and lower cadmium concentrations and lower incidence of pesticide residues in organically grown crops: a systematic literature review and meta-analyses

(2014) Marcin Barański et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Risks of large-scale use of systemic insecticides to ecosystem functioning and services

(2014) Madeleine Chagnon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Distinct soil microbial diversity under long-term organic and conventional farming

(2014) Martin Hartmann et al.   ISME Journal

Soil biota enhance agricultural sustainability by improving crop yield, nutrient uptake and reducing nitrogen leaching losses

(2014) S. Franz Bender et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Optimization of organic and conventional olive agricultural practices from a Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing perspectives

(2014) Ramez Saeid Mohamad et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Three perspectives on sustainable food security: efficiency, demand restraint, food system transformation. What role for life cycle assessment?

(2013) Tara Garnett   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries

(2013) Robert E Black et al.   LANCET

Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Premises and Policies

(2013) T. Garnett et al.   SCIENCE

Sustainability of US Organic Beef and Dairy Production Systems: Soil, Plant and Cattle Interactions

(2013) Aimee Hafla et al.   Sustainability

Effect of Chronic Pesticide Exposure in Farm Workers of a Mexico Community

(2012) Rolando Payán-Rentería et al.   Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health

Vegetation cover reduces erosion and enhances soil organic carbon in a vineyard in the central Spain

(2012) M. Ruiz-Colmenero et al.   CATENA

Life Cycle Inventory and Carbon and Water FoodPrint of Fruits and Vegetables: Application to a Swiss Retailer

(2012) Franziska Stoessel et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Yield gap analysis with local to global relevance—A review

(2012) Martin K. van Ittersum et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Including CO2 implications of land occupation in LCAs—method and example for livestock products

(2012) Kurt Schmidinger et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Does organic farming reduce environmental impacts? – A meta-analysis of European research

(2012) H.L. Tuomisto et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

We Already Grow Enough Food for 10 Billion People … and Still Can't End Hunger

(2012) Eric Holt-Giménez et al.   JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture

(2012) Verena Seufert et al.   NATURE

Minimising the harm to biodiversity of producing more food globally

(2011) Ben Phalan et al.   FOOD POLICY

Where are the best opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the food system (including the food chain)?

(2011) Tara Garnett   FOOD POLICY

The interaction between milk and beef production and emissions from land use change – critical considerations in life cycle assessment and carbon footprint studies of milk

(2011) Anna Flysjö et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Solutions for a cultivated planet

(2011) Jonathan A. Foley et al.   NATURE

Predicting the environmental impacts of chicken systems in the United Kingdom through a life cycle assessment: Broiler production systems

(2011) I. Leinonen et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Effectiveness of international environmental regimes: Existing knowledge, cutting-edge themes, and research strategies

(2011) O. R. Young   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity

(2011) Eric F. Lambin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture

(2011) D. Tilman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterizing the Spatial Patterns of Global Fertilizer Application and Manure Production

(2010) Philip Potter et al.   Earth Interactions

Methodologic flaws in selecting studies and comparing nutrient concentrations led Dangour et al to miss the emerging forest amid the trees

(2009) Charles Benbrook et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Nutritional quality of organic foods: a systematic review

(2009) Alan D Dangour et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Comparing environmental impacts for livestock products: A review of life cycle assessments

(2009) M. de Vries et al.   Livestock Science

Acute pesticide poisoning among agricultural workers in the United States, 1998-2005

(2008) Geoffrey M. Calvert et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE

Attributional and consequential LCA of milk production

(2008) Marlies A. Thomassen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Decisions to reduce greenhouse gases from agriculture and product transport: LCA case study of organic and conventional wheat

(2008) Kyle Meisterling et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Life cycle assessment of conventional and organic milk production in the Netherlands

(2007) M.A. Thomassen et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Should agricultural policies encourage land sparing or wildlife-friendly farming?

(2007) Joern Fischer et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT