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Organic Production Enhances Milk Nutritional Quality by Shifting Fatty Acid Composition: A United States–Wide, 18-Month Study

  • Charles M. Benbrook ,

    * E-mail: cbenbrook@wsu.edu

    Affiliation Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

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  • Gillian Butler,

    Affiliation School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Newcastle University, Northumberland NE, United Kingdom

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  • Maged A. Latif,

    Affiliation Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative/Organic Prairie, Lafarge, Wisconsin, United States of America

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  • Carlo Leifert,

    Affiliation School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Newcastle University, Northumberland NE, United Kingdom

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  • Donald R. Davis

    Affiliation Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

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Organic Production Enhances Milk Nutritional Quality by Shifting Fatty Acid Composition: A United States–Wide, 18-Month Study

  • Charles M. Benbrook, 
  • Gillian Butler, 
  • Maged A. Latif, 
  • Carlo Leifert, 
  • Donald R. Davis
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  • Published: December 9, 2013
  • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082429
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