Women and non-binary people are running some of the best-known organic farms in Long Island, highlighting the central role that these groups are playing in the organic farming movement.
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Women and non-binary people are running some of the best-known organic farms in Long Island, highlighting the central role that these groups are playing in the organic farming movement.
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Video has been released from an animal abuse investigation that targeted Nature Prairie Dairy Farms, an organic dairy farm in Texas that supplies milk to Target, Kroger and others.
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An estimated 524,000 children work unimaginably long hours in America’s grueling agricultural fields, and it’s all perfectly legal.
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A profile of how the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is working to connect young farmers with mentors, educational resources, and each other.
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The incredibly dangerous assault on pollinators continues, this time with the EPA’s allowance of sulfoxaflor, which the agency considers “very highly toxic” to bees.
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After years of falling farm income and an intensifying U.S.-China trade war – JPMorgan and other Wall Street banks are massively decreasing their agricultural loan portfolio.
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Politicians in Luxembourg have called for all farming practices become 100% organic by 2050, a step up from the country’s commitment to be 20% organic by 2025.
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An important op-ed about how we are failing farmers — and ultimately ourselves.
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Dubbed ‘Farming for Generations, the coalition intends to make the global dairy industry more sustainable by helping dairy farmers transition to regenerative agriculture practices.
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A new ‘Ag of the Middle’ program helps small producers scale up so that they can compete in a food system designed to benefit larger farms.
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Organic farmers are forced to use large amounts of plastic, much of which goes right into the landfill.
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An upcoming vote of the California Fish and Game Commission could set in motion the listing of four species of native bumble bees as endangered, sealing their fate for survival.
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Perdue Farms is hoping to end the disconnect in the American beef industry, a result of misleading ‘grass-fed’ and ‘product of USA’ labels.
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Named as one of Business Insider’s “100 People Transforming Business,” Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario discusses why her company is pushing for adoption of “the number one thing humans can do to combat global warming.”
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Amidst rising concerns over glyphosate and other chemical use, farmers in Canada are increasingly turning to organic.
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With the growing controversy over herbicides, companies are racing to get the weed-killing ag-bots into the marketplace.
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A recent study has shown that Bayer’s alternative to bee-killing pesticides actually has a negative effect on the bee population.
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A third-party study conducted at Will Harris’ regenerative farm in Georgia, White Oak Pastures, has confirmed that it is storing more carbon in its soil than pasture-raised cows emit during their lifetimes.
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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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Environmental scientist and ecologist Francisco Sánchez-Bayo talks about his new research on the global insect decline and its under-reported connection to agriculture.
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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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An op-ed from Rose Marcario and David Bronner, the CEOs of Patagonia and Dr. Bronner’s, respectively, on how regenerative organic agriculture can help save the planet.
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Brazilian producer Rizoma aims to regenerate one million hectares of land by 2030 — making it known that sustainability can be profitable.
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As a result of the Center for Food Safety’s lawsuit against the EPA’s approval of dozens of neonic pesticides, these bee-killing pesticides will be off the market next year.
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