Beyond Pesticides

Pesticide Pollution from Chemical-Intensive Farming Diminishes Some Benefits of Organic Production

(Beyond Pesticides, August 5, 2025) A biomonitoring study in Environmental Geochemistry and Health, focused on small-scale farms in Pahang, Malaysia, analyzes levels of essential and toxic elements in ...
New Scientist

Intensive farming of cleared land could save rest of Amazon rainforest

Encouraging more intensive farming in areas of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest that have already been felled could help preserve the rest of the rainforest, by boosting crop yields without serious ...
Science Daily

U.S. Corn Belt: Intensive farming and shallow groundwater affect precipitation patterns

New research shows that the sweeping land use changes and irrigation of the U.S. Corn Belt, along with the influence of the area's shallow groundwater, have significantly altered precipitation ...
Beyond Pesticides

Study Shows Value of Soil Microbiome, Nurtured in Organic Farming, Harmed by Chemical-Intensive Ag

(Beyond Pesticides, August 9, 2024) A study in the journal Biology and Fertility of Soils has confirmed once again that organic agriculture contributes significantly to soil health, improving ...
FoodNavigator

‘Serious concerns’ build around PEF sustainability labelling: ‘The methodology favours intensive farming and penalises organic’

Civil society and farmer organisations have ‘serious concerns’ about the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology being considered for the upcoming sustainability labelling initiative.
The Conversation

Five misused food and farming terms, from natural to intensive – and what they really mean

Emma Garnett does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The Conversation

Farming with a mixture of crops, animals and trees is better for the environment and for people – evidence from Ghana and Malawi

Laura Vang Rasmussen receives funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (grant agreement 853222 FORESTDIET). Ingo Grass ...