Health benefits of organic food : effects of the environment / edited by D. Ian Givens ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Organic farming and food systems : definitions and key characteristics / E. Stockdale and C. Watson -- The health benefits of n-3 fatty acids and their concentrations in organic and conventional animal-derived foods / A.M. Minihane, D.I. Givens and R.A. Gibbs -- Environmental impacts on n-3 content of foods from ruminant animals / N.D. Scollan ... [et al.] -- Health benefits and selenium content of organic versus conventional foods / J.R. Arthur -- Environmental impacts concerning the selenium content of foods / P.W. Abrahams -- Contaminants in organic and conventional food: the missing link between contaminant levels and health effects / C. Svendsen, A.M.J. Ragas, and J.L.C.M. Dorne -- Mycotoxins in organic and conventional foods and effects of the environment / M. Olsen -- Human pathogens in organic and conventional foods and effects of the environment / A.H.C. van Bruggen, E. Franz and A.M. Semenov -- What does consumer science tell us about organic foods? / C. Ritson and M. Brennan -- The beneficial effects of dietary flavonoids : sources, bioavailability and biological functions / J.P.E. Spencer... [et al.] -- Environmental regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis / G.I. Jenkins -- Nitrates in the human diet / N. Benjamin -- Impacts of environment and management on nitrate in vegetables and water / E. Stockdale -- Effects of the environment on the nutritional quality and safety of organically produced foods : round-up and summary / D.P.Richardson.