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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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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A report published by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, which was just presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, is calling for regenerative agricultural practices to reverse the serious harm caused by our current food system.
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Major French retailer Carrefour is joining up with other with food companies, including Danone, to launch “MiiMOSA Transition”, a crowdfunding project to help farmers switch to organic farming.
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A recently released study by the Lancet Commission on Obesity said that a “radical rethink” (i.e., regenerative organic agriculture) is needed to address the unhealthy, inequitable food systems which are causing severe damage to personal and environmental health.
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A great photo essay on how U.S. ranches are increasingly being led by women, who are implementing animal agriculture practices that are more humane and regenerative.
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In a victory for free speech and animal protection, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa struck down the Iowa Ag-Gag law, holding that the ban on undercover investigations at factory farms and slaughterhouses violates the First Amendment.
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An excellent read about the industry today and how some farmers are fighting for the soul of organic food.
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Please read this story. It is critical that people understand the impact of the USDA turning a blind-eye to organic factory farms.
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Seeking a return to an agrarian lifestyle, young farmers face very serious financial challenges and are pushing hard for meaningful policy changes.
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Becoming only the second country in the world to go 100% organic, the parliament in Kyrgyzstan has ordered that all of its agriculture revert to organic by 2029.
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A ridiculous study making the rounds on the internet this week is promoting the idea that organic farming is worse for the environment than non-organic farming. The Organic Center responds.
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The Pietrasanta farming operation in Colombia, which encompasses 570 acres of organic coconut development, has closed on its second round of funding and is expected to apply for USDA organic certification in 2019.
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Despite booming consumer demand, the U.S. imports a majority of its organic food. National Geographic explores how this could change due to partnerships with organic brands.
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Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) recently approved an organic formulation of Rhizolizer, a line of non-GMO microbial soil amendments from Locus Agricultural Solutions, which aims to increase yields and reduce time to harvest.
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Some environmentalists are having a real issue with organic farming taking place on the grasslands of Point Reyes National Seashore, claiming they are despoiling a landscape visited by 2.5 million people every year.
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In cooperation with IFOAM-Organics International and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Future Council put a spotlight on countries that are achieving great success with their organic food policies.
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Citizens Regeneration Lobby, which promotes organic regenerative agriculture and is the lobbying arm of the Organic Consumers Association, has come out with a list of political candidates across the country that it has endorsed, including Audrey Denney in California (above).
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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin (Madison), Iowa State University and the Rodale Institute are embarking on a new project to assess current technologies that could be used in no-till organic systems and to determine which practices will help farmers protect soil health in their fields.
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Hurricane Maria has spurred some groups in Puerto Rico to embrace agroecology as a way to become more resilient to future climate-fueled disasters and to develop food sovereignty.
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Very promising new research is showing that reishi mushrooms could reverse the severe decline in the bee population.
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The Organic Center just came out with a study that looks at the hazards of toxic synthetic pesticides to farmers and how organic farming methods can reduce the health risks to these workers.
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77-year-old organic farmer Warren Weber, who sold his Star Route farms for $10 million to the University of San Francisco last year, gives his take on hydroponics and farming as a young person today.
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A very inspirational story. Founded in 2013, Cooperativa Tierra y Libertad is an organic co-op that guarantees fair wages and healthy working conditions while preserving an indigenous heritage.
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The U.S. isn’t the only country who has credibility problems with organic dairy operations.
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