'While the results show significant variations, with some conventionalAccording to Professor Carlo Leifert, Team Leader of the QLIF Project,
crops having larger quantities of some vitamins than organic crops. But
researchers confirm that the overall trend is that organic fruit, vegetables and
milk are more likely to have beneficial compounds.'
'the compounds which have been found in greater quantities in organic produceRead more here.
include vitamin C, trace elements such as iron, copper and zinc, and secondary
metabolites which are thought to help to combat cancer and heart disease.'
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Linked to you here http://agro.biodiver.se/2007/10/quality-low-input-food-project. Will hopefully blog about it at greater length when I have a bit more time. Thanks for finding this.
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