Question

In these paragraphs, what is being contrasted?
Use the passage to answer the question.
"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.
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the views of farmers and scientists
traditional herbicides and insecticides
the major types of genetically modified crops
organic and nonorganic environmental practice

Answer 1

organic and nonorganic environmental practice

The paragraph contrasts what tools and practices (like GMO crops and herbicide-enabled no-till) are available to conventional (nonorganic) farmers versus what organic farmers can use, and the environmental consequences.