Organic Farming: Impacts on Food Quality and Human Health
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 April 2019)
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (IMB), University of Oslo, 0372 Oslo, Norway
3. Livadopa Farm, Sivas Festos, 70200 Crete, Greece
Interests: soil management; crop protection; crop breeding for low-input systems; ‘low-input’ and organic agricultural systems development; nutritional quality of organic and low-input dairy production systems; resource use efficiency; food quality and safety assurance; food processing technology; nutritional control of gastrointestinal diseases in monogastric farm animals (pigs/poultry)
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Dear Colleagues,
Global demand for organic foods has increased rapidly over the last 20 years, and a main drive has been consumer perceptions that organic production and processing methods improve the nutritional quality of food and human health. Recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses have shown that there are significant differences between organic and conventional foods. However, there is still considerable scientific controversy about whether and to what extent these composition differences result in tangible health benefits.
This Joint Special Issue of Nutrients and Agronomy aims to present current knowledge regarding:
- nutritionally-relevant composition differences between organic and conventional foods
- why organic farming methods affect the nutritional composition of foods
- potential impacts of organic food consumptions on animal and human health, and
- potential trade-offs or synergies between food quality, safety and security impacts of organic food production
The Special Issue will include both reviews and primary research articles that focus on majors gaps of knowledge.
Prof. Dr. Carlo Leifert
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- organic food
- nutritional composition
- diet
- food quality
- pesticide residues
- mineral nutrients
- toxic metals
- phytochemicals
- fat composition
- omega-3 fatty acids
- obesity
- health impacts
- cohort studies
- food safety
- food security
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