A new tool from The Cornucopia Institute identifies farms growing soil-grown (not hydroponic), pesticide-free berries across the U.S.
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A new tool from The Cornucopia Institute identifies farms growing soil-grown (not hydroponic), pesticide-free berries across the U.S.
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The new report provides consumers and wholesale buyers with the information they need to identify hydroponic brands in the marketplace.
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The legal fight against the USDA continues, this time in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Dave Chapman, a Vermont farmer and co-director of the Real Organic Project, told the New York Times, “Hydroponic production is not growing because it produces healthier food. It’s growing because of the money. Anyone who frames this as food for the people or the environment is just lying.”
Read Article Another legal move is made in a bid to get rid of hydroponics in organic.
Read Article Despite the fact that it is a clear and utter violation of Section 6513 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, a federal judge has ruled that hydroponics can be allowed in organic.
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The legal case against allowing hydroponics in organic — one of the real injustices in our industry — starts tomorrow with the public oral argument.
Read Article Hydroponics and aquaponics — two growing methods that many people believe are illegal in organic — may now have some real food safety concerns.
Read Article Hydroponics is a complete violation of Section 6513 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, and this growing method cannot be allowed in organic.
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An update on CCOF’s discussion about whether it should continue to certify hydroponic operations as organic.
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Unlike the U.S., the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology gets it correct when it comes to hydroponics — it is not organic.
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The Real Organic Project has reported that some large organic hydroponic operations, especially in the berry industry, are being built on land that was recently sprayed with the cancer-causing glyphosate.
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At a meeting last week in Florida, Jenny Tucker, who oversees the National Organic Program for the USDA, said that hydroponics is “a settled issue.” Fortunately, the Center for Food Safety’s legal action is challenging this assessment.
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