date:Mar 11, 2013
nventional techniques. On the organic farm, no synthetic pesticides were used and only animal manure and vegetable compost were used as fertilizer. On the other farm, the tomatoes were treated with synthetic fertilizers and the pesticide FASTAC 100.
The researchers found that while the organically grown tomatoes weighed about 40 percent less than the conventional ones, they were dramatically higher in a number of powerful antioxidants. They were also higher in natural sugars, corresponding with