The whole point of organic agriculture is soil. Farm in such a way that your soil stays healthy - rich in organic matter, nutrients and microbial activity - and you can grow crops without the ...

Organic food — defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as food produced using sustainable agriculture and production practices — has been available in mainstream supermarkets for years.

Even though organic farming makes up less than one percent of US farmland, it’s still a multi-billion-dollar industry. Becoming certified organic, however, is not an overnight process for farmers.

A straightforward question from Melody Kappenman from Leaf River, Illinois: “How much is organic farming growing year to year? I’m hearing more & more about organic foods being available. Is organic ...

You need to weigh your budget, but it does have benefits. Including some that are not obvious. Credit...Naomi Anderson-Subryan Supported by By Susan Shain In 2022, organics accounted for 15 percent of ...

There’s no doubt that we in the United States are increasingly curious about what we put into our bodies, and whether or not what we are eating is safe. These conversations might stem from bacterial ...

SKANEATELES, N.Y. (AP) — Farmer Jeremy Brown taps the nose of a young calf. “I love the ones with the pink noses,” he says. This pink-nosed animal is just one of about 3,200 cattle at Twin Birch Dairy ...

Champions of organic farming have long portrayed it as friendlier to humans and the earth. But a new study in a California county found a surprising effect as their acreage grew: Nearby conventional ...

It’s the year 2050, and the world's population has just passed 9 billion people. Economic growth has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of starvation-level poverty. But the encouraging trend ...

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