{"id":43825,"key":"Industrial_organic_agriculture","title":"Industrial organic agriculture","latest":{"id":1233681,"timestamp":"2026-02-18T06:54:10Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Einböck Chopstar 3-60 Hackgerät Row-crop cultivator Bineuse 013.jpg|thumb]]\n\n'''Industrial organic agriculture''' is method of [[agriculture]] which combines aspects of [[conventional agriculture]] with [[Organic agriculture|organic production methods]].\n\n== Approach ==\n\nIndustrial organic farmers generally target national and international markets. When organic companies try to meet the demand of big chains like Whole Foods, they start looking a lot like conventional farms minus the herbicide and pesticide. Throughout some organic farms, the fields look as weed-free as those treated with herbicides. In order to achieve that look, organic farms must till the land more. This leads to a reduction in the soil’s biological activity, promotes topsoil erosion, increases water loss and contributes to a long list of other environmental concerns. Industrial farming such as this is not much more environmentally friendly than conventional industrial farming. Industrial organic farming often uses up to 1/3 more fossil fuel than small scale organic methods (Glazer 2007).\n\n== References ==\n\n<references />\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[Agriculture]]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:Agriculture]]"}