A new study out of Texas A&M confirms that insects present in the fields of organic farms cause a stress response in the plant, which increases antioxidant compounds.
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A new study out of Texas A&M confirms that insects present in the fields of organic farms cause a stress response in the plant, which increases antioxidant compounds.
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Farmers got more than $22 billion in government payments in 2019 — more than the final cost of bailing out the auto industry during the financial crisis of 2008 — and Congress had nothing to do with it.
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While the Amazon rainforest burns to make room for monoculture crops, Hawaii is betting the farm on agroforestry.
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Women in leadership is a proven benefit for businesses of all sizes, but companies in the natural products industry often fail to promote women to executive positions.
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Amid muddled certification processes and questions of affordability, India’s organic food startups struggle to earn consumers’ trust.
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As of today, only about 10% of the cropland is Bhutan is certified organic — a long way to go to reach its stated goal of 100%.
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In Kenya, genetically-engineered cotton seeds designed to resist African bollworm, have officially been approved for commercial planting.
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The industry giant now offers frozen chicken, beef, pork, and lamb through an e-commerce platform.
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According to an announcement by the International Rice Research Institute, the Philippines Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry has stated that it has found GMO golden rice to be “as safe as conventional rice” — even though no animal feeding studies have been released to the public that could attest to this.
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Global Animal Partnership (G.A.P.), North America’s most comprehensive farm animal welfare standards program, welcomes its first beef supplier in South America: Range Patagonian Grass-Fed Beef.
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The fruit’s global surge in popularity has fueled exports and attracted violent cartels to the trade in ‘green gold’.
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Organic Valley was fined $26,000 because one of its producers dumped milk products into a tributary, which turned the creek milky white for three-quarters of a mile.
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A new blockchain pilot project offers a physical and digital trail of organic cotton, making traceability, transparency and reliability inevitable.
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If successful, it will be very difficult for other lawsuits to proceed.
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Under the new guidance issued by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, beef cannot be labeled “grass-fed” unless the cattle were fed grass or forage 100% of the time after being weaned.
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According to Cornell University research published in the journal Agricultural Systems, organic farming practices and plantings can have lasting outcomes for future soil health, weeds and crop yields.
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Marine Corps Sergeant Colin Archipley and his wife Karen say Whole Foods Market broke their contract and nearly shattered their dreams of running a successful organic hydroponic farm.
Dave Chapman, Executive Director of The Real Organic Project, an organization that fights against hydroponics being allowed in organic, gives his take on the matter.
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The company has been piloting a reusable egg carton in four stores in New Hampshire and Vermont, and customers are “loving the idea.”
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France’s health and environment agency said it was banning 36 glyphosate-based weedkillers at the end of 2020 because of health risks.
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The International Coffee Organization said in its November report that coffee consumption will exceed production in the 2019/2020 coffee year, creating a global deficit of about 502,000 bags.
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China has published a new list of products that can be accepted for organic certification, and a set of revised organic certification regulations is expected by January 1, 2020.
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Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) attached a rider to this year’s appropriations bill, which would require GM salmon approved prior to the GMO-labeling standards being passed to include “genetically engineered” on its packaging.
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Shenandoah Valley Organic, a meat company based in Virginia, has secured $15 million in funding to expand its retail footprint and develop its Farmer Focus brand.
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Some advocates are working to close a loophole that they say has created unintended consequences, including destruction of vulnerable ecosystems anathema to the label’s promise.
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