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May 16, 2012

Africa: Benefits of Organic Agriculture in the Continent

All Africa – Times of Zambia (this link no longer available) By Gethsemani Mwizabi and Annie Sampa EXPANDING Africa’s shift towards organic farming will be ...

May 14, 2012

Military Veterans: the Next Generation of Organic Farmers

USDA Blog Posted by Miles McEvoy, National Organic Program Deputy Administrator Compost tea (a mixture of recycled organic matter soaked in water), hydroponic living basil, ...

May 11, 2012

Super Weeds no Easy Fix for US Agriculture-Experts

Reuters By Carey Gillam WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A fast-spreading plague of “super weeds” taking over U.S. farmland will not be stopped easily, and farmers and ...

May 9, 2012

Fertilizer from Food Waste: PCC Tests ‘Full Circle’ System With Local Firm

PCC Natural Markets is unveiling a new alternative for dealing with food waste — a “harvester” system developed by Issaquah-based WISErg to produce liquid fertilizer. ...

May 9, 2012

Feeding the Future: Sustainable Solutions for Food Security

Stakeholderforum.org by Jim Kitchen, Green Ambassador and Project Manager, Soil Association, Northern Ireland Organic and other agro-ecological farming systems can help the world feed itself, ...

May 7, 2012

Sustainable Agriculture Heats Up

Sustainable Business Oregon By Christina Williams Oregon has long been on the forefront of the local food movement but what started as a trend on ...

May 7, 2012

Time to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Industrial Agriculture?

Mother Jones by Tom Philpott Like a good buffet, Nature’s recent meta-analysis comparing the productivity of industrial and organic agriculture offered something for every taste. ...

May 4, 2012

Organic Market Keeps Growing Through Recession

Capital Press (link no longer available) By Steve Brown Organic sales are up in Washington state, but the number of acres grown organically is shrinking, ...

May 4, 2012

Order a Filet Mignon at a Restaurant and it Could be Glued Meat

Digital Journal by Joan Firstenberg Move over Pink Slime, now there’s Meat Glue. Restaurants and fancy chefs know it as transglutaminase, an enzyme that permanently ...

May 3, 2012

State-Of-The-Art Farming

Great Valley Site Embraces Organics, Technology The Post-Journal (Jamestown, NY) By Remington Whitcomb Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos Last time you were in the grocery ...

May 3, 2012

Food for Thought: An Interview with Anna Lappé

The Indypendent By John Tarleton Agriculture can be part of what protects us” from climate change, says Anna Lappé. She should know. Daughter of Frances ...

May 2, 2012

California GMO Labeling Initiative Headed for Ballot

Right to Know Campaign Turns in Nearly One Million Signatures California Right to Know Campaign SAN FRANCISCO — In victory rallies across state today, supporters ...