Ip3 powerpoint 97 2003

Presentation Essentials

Group Project – Unit 4

Deborah Swartzentruber

American InterContinental University

Instructor: Hala Thompson

April 8, 2012

Group Members:

Ashley GonzalezDeborah SwartzentruberRose Darnelle Mathurin

Torre Simms

L/O/G/O

Organic vs. ConventionalOrganic vs. Conventional

GardeningGardening

What Does Organic Mean?

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Labeling

Methods

Pesticides

USDA

(FOA.org, n.d.) (Code of regulation, 2012)(Paul, 2012)

What Does Conventional Mean?

Fertilizers

Herbicides

Insecticides

Why is Organic more expensive?

Farmers pay $2000 a year, costs go up often

Sterilized and sanitized so not to contaminate the food

Weeding, checking, harvesting

Paper Work, Paper Work, Paper Work

Certified

Transportation

Hands On

Management

Organically produced foods must meet stricter regulations governing all

these steps than conventional foods. The intensive management

and labor used in organic production are frequently (though not always) more

expensive than the chemicals routinely used on conventional farms.

(Report documents pesticide, 2009)

What Do Studies Show?

(CHEJ.org, n.d.)

Growth Spurts

Health Issues

(Bueckert, D., The Canadian Press, July, 1999)

Our Planet

EndometriosisFertility

ProblemsBirth DefectsLearning Disabilities

Immune SystemDiabetes

I Can’t Afford To Buy All Organic…

(NRDC.org, Aug, 2010.) Vary your proteinsWhen you do eat meat, eat grass-fedEat a variety of fish

Extras

Q & A

References~ cont.

Bueckert , D. (1999, 7 31). Organic consumer association. Retrieved from http://www.organicconsumers.org/Toxic/hormoncancer.cfm

Bueckert, D., The Canadian Press (July, 1999). OrganicCOnsumerAssociation.org. Beef Hormones Linked to Premature Onset of Puberty & Breast Cancer. Retrieved from http://www.organicconsumers.org/Toxic/hormoncancer.cfm

CHEJ.org (n.d.). Dioxins. Toxic Releases Rose 16 Percent in 2010, EPA Says. Retrieved from http://chej.org/?s=dioxins

Code of regulation: National organic program. (2012, Feb 2). Retrieved from http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=3f34f4c22f9aa8e 6d9864cc2683cea02&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title07/7cfr205_main_02.tpl

FAO.org (n.d.). Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations. Organic Agriculture. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/organicag/oa-faq/oa-faq5/en/

References

Gomiero, T., Pimentel, D., & Paoletti, M. G. (2011).Environmental Impact of Different Agricultural Management Practices: Conventional vs. Organic Agriculture. Critical Reviews In Plant Sciences, 30(1/2),95-124.doi:10.1080 /07352689.2011.554355

Kluger, J. (2010). What's So Great About Organic Food?. Time, 176(9), 30-40.http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.cecybrary. com/login.aspx?direct= true&db=aph&AN=53021931&site=eds-live&scope=site

Report documents pesticide use increases on GE crops. (November 30, 2009). Retrieved from http://www.ucsusa.org/ food_and_agriculture/science_and _impacts/impacts_genetic_engineering/report-documents-pesticide.html

Sustainable table. (2006, March 9). Retrieved from http://www.sustainabletable. org/ issues/hormones

Usda organic. (2011, October). Retrieved from http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMS v1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELDEV3004445&acct=nopgeninfo