Author Question: The organic farming movement came about as a result of public awareness of the tremendous amount of ... (Read 20 times)

ss2343 · **on:** Jul 21, 2018

The organic farming movement came about as a result of public awareness of the tremendous amount of commercial pesticides and fertilizers that were applied to crops.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

What is retting?

What will be an ideal response?

firehawk60 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

Retting is the process by which the outer layer of woody material on a flax plant is dissolved so that the fibers can be removed. This is done by either soaking the stems in warm water where bacterial action decays the material, or by using chemicals that dissolve it.