Nature: A new paper in the Journal of Applied Ecology finds that two farm-based food safety practices removal of non-crop vegetation in and around fields, and abandonment of composting actually hurt farmers without making food safer.
The practices are unnecessary, said Danny Karp, lead author on the study. Not only are they ineffective for their intended purpose, they damage growers by decreasing crop yields and pest control.
Karp conducted this research as a NatureNet Science Fellow with The...