The correct response is organic and nonorganic environmental practices. The passage contrasts the limitations faced by organic farmers, such as the inability to use genetically modified crops and the challenges of implementing no-till farming, with the tools and practices available in nonorganic farming, specifically the use of herbicides and genetically modified crops that can help mitigate environmental harm.
"Organic Farming: Better for Environment?" by Tamar Haspel Robertson also said some tools that mitigate environmental harm aren’t available to organic farmers; one of them is genetically modified crops. Although reasonable people disagree about how the advantages and disadvantages of those crops balance out, Robertson, along with many scientists and farmers, says that both major types of genetically modified crops - the kind that are resistant to the herbicide glyphosate and the kind that have a built-in organic insecticide - can help cut pesticide use. Also, it’s difficult for organic farmers to implement no-till. Without herbicides, the best weedkilling tool is tilling, and that can lead to erosion, nutrient runoff and the disruption of the microbial community that organic farmers work so hard to foster. The Washington Post © 2016 The Washington Post. All rights reserved. Used under license. Question Use the passage to answer the question. In these paragraphs, what is being contrasted? (1 point) Responses the views of farmers and scientists the views of farmers and scientists the major types of genetically modified crops the major types of genetically modified crops organic and nonorganic environmental practices organic and nonorganic environmental practices traditional herbicides and insecticides
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