Conventional food
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Conventional food is anything but. Until the Green Revolution of the 1960s all food was what is now known as organic. After the 1960s food grown with the help of industrially produced artifical fertilisers, herbicides and pesticides was termed "Conventional". Most of the food eaten in the developed world has been grown "conventionally" that is with the aid of artifical chemicals.
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Overview
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The problems with Conventional Food
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Health issues
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Nutrional deficiences
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Pesticide/herbicide residues
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Environmental issues
Agricultural run-off causing eutrophication of streams
Implicated in break down (or was that bleaching) of Great Barrier Reef
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Cost-benefit analysis
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What are the solutions
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Organisations that work on "conventional" food
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See also
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Books
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Movies
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