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Grape growers can increase the nutrients in their wine by removing leaves early, though it does decrease crop size

January 11, 2018 -

Posted by Jhoanna Robinson

(Natural News) A recent study concerning the effects of early leaf removal on grape yield has uncovered that wine that is derived from early defoliated grapes tend to have more nutrients than those that were not. The negative side of this is, grapes that have encountered early leaf removal tend to be smaller in size. […]

in: Agriculture, Clean foods & organics, Environment, Food, functional food, Nutrition, Pesticides & Herbicides, Plants, Superfoods & healing foods, Trees

Agricultural fungicides found to kill the organisms responsible for leaf litter decomposition in streams and rivers

December 20, 2017 -

Posted by Vicki Batts

(Natural News) While it’s no secret that agrochemicals are harmful to the environment, scientists are truly just beginning to ascertain the full scope of Big Ag’s detrimental effects. But as a researcher from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) has shown in his doctoral thesis, agrochemicals like fungicides can have disastrous effects on the environment […]

in: Environment, Environment, Food, Oceans & marine life, Pesticides & Herbicides, Toxic chemicals, Toxic Water, Water Health

Conventional agriculture strikes again: Analysis finds that fungicides are causing the decline in endangered bumblebee populations

December 4, 2017 -

Posted by Jhoanna Robinson

(Natural News) A team of scientists at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York studied environmental factors to get a grasp of bumblebee population declines and range contractions. They thought they would find aggravators like changes in geography, insecticides, or land use. Instead, they were surprised by something that they didn’t even consider: fungicides. “Fungicides have […]

in: Pesticides, Science