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Fruit and soil quality of organic and conventional strawberry agroecosystems [1]

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Sale of organic foods is one of the fastest growing market segments within the global food industry. People often buy organic food because they believe organic farms produce more nutritious and better tasting food from healthier soils. Here we tested if there are significant differences in fruit and soil quality from 13 pairs of commercial organic and conventional strawberry agroecosystems in California.

Publication Date: 
31/08/2010
John P. Reganold [2], Preston K. Andrews [3], Jennifer R. Reeve & et al [4]
PLoS ONE [5]
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Agriculture [6], Organic Farming [7], Nutrition [8], Soil Capability [9], California [10], United States Of America (US) [11], Food Storage [12]
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/california
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