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Published online 19 April 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010419-4
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Green apples upset cart
Organic apples can be cheaper, tastier and better for the environment.
A study of apple farming published today finds that organic orchards can be more profitable, produce tastier fruit at similar yields compared to conventional farming, and be better for the environment at the same time1.
John Reganold and colleagues at Washington State University in Pullman farmed three experimental plots of Golden Delicious apples (Malus x domestica) using organic, conventional and 'integrated' growing methods.
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