Science Daily: On organic coffee farm, complex interactions keep pests under control.
“A 10-year study of an organic coffee farm in Mexico suggests that, far from being romanticized hooey, the ‘balance and harmony’ view is on the mark. Ecologists John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto of the University of Michigan and Stacy Philpott of the University of Toledo have uncovered a web of intricate interactions that buffers the farm against extreme outbreaks of pests and diseases, making magic bullets unnecessary.”
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