Why fracking is the next big threat facing organic agriculture

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<p>‘The co troversial oil a gas mi i g tech iq e k ow as fracki g, may pose a sig ifica t threat to the f t re of U.S. orga ic agric lt re, accor i g to a a alysis co cte by researchers from the FracTracker Allia ce, a p blishe i March 2015.</p>
<p>That a alysis fo that 11 perce t of all North America orga ic farms lie i areas affecte by fracki g, a that this mber is likely to i crease to betwee 15 a 31 perce t if the i stry co ti es to expa . D e to fracki g’s high levels of water se a co tami atio , a its pote tially estr ctive impact o the soil orga ic agric lt re epe s po , this co l be a major blow to the growi g orga ics i stry.</p>
<p>The researchers compile a atabase of all 19,515 farms certifie by the USDA Natio al Orga ic Program, a plotte them o to a map. They the compare these with maps of oil a gas exploratio regio s.’</p>
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