But most large mainstream farms are mainly conventional, and those farms could be more sustainable".
Despite the more than 20,000 daughters he's sired, Manifold has hardly ever seen a cow since his mother, Marsh Aeroine, birthed him at Washington state's Mainstream farm.
It is now mainstream for farming organisations like the NFU to incorporate green policies in their advocacy.
My concern for animal welfare led me to stop eating meat, and as mainstream dairy farming involves many, to me, unacceptable practices, I think I ought to become a vegan – but don't want to.
In an interview with The Huffington Post, the lead author, Washington State University professor John Reganold said, "If mainstream, conventional farming systems were sustainable, then we would not have overdrawn aquifers, eroded and degraded soils and polluted surface and ground waters".
OF course, the mainstreaming of farm life has inspired a certain amount of skepticism among those with more agricultural experience.
One London-based computer expert said the development should help light-based data transmission go mainstream in server farms.
— Patrick Farrell Roots of Change: A California group is determined to navigate the rocky shoals of agriculture and politics, with a "new mainstream" of food and farming.
Mail Order Eastbrook Farm Bishopstone, Near Swindon, Wiltshire SN6 8PW, 01793 790460 helenbrowningorganics.co.uk Helen Browning has been one of the best-known campaigners for bringing organic meat into the mainstream and her organic farm has been established since the end of the 80s.
It helps that urban farming is becoming mainstream, and that they have a dedicated salesperson, but word of mouth has also been key.
