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Blogs
8 Steps the Department of Justice Could Take to Reform Farming
Submitted by webdesigner on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 16:37.Conventional, organic farmers seek equity in access to seed, research free from corporate monopoly power.
Organic farming needs more great farmers dedicated to building healthy soil for long-term productivity and profit. Organic farmers depend on independent seed companies to provide well-researched genetics that work in every region. Rodale Institute@COP15: Nurturing organic changes will re-shape ag impact on climateSubmitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/18/2009 - 16:20.Farmers and food justice can refocus research, ag policy to benefit communities, foodsheds and climate with organic methods.
Rodale Institute at COP15: Organic ag + climate network launchedSubmitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 14:58.Making the most of the assembled organic leaders at Copenhagen, Rodale Institute joins with partners to launch a new global organic network focused on mitigating climate change
Rodale Institute at COP15: Making friends through soil carbonSubmitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 14:20.In his first day at COP15's climate talks, the Institute's Eliav Bitan begins networking with others advocating for organic agriculture's answers to climate change.
Integrated Practices for Managing Late Blight without ChemicalsSubmitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/21/2009 - 15:41.Organic growers can use a range of integrated options against late blight to lower their risk and perhaps even get part of crop.
Johanns alarmed over USDA’s organic “niche” zeal, even before it boosts conversion funds. (Oh yes, 2008 organic sales surge.)Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 15:22.On the same day I get word of Senator (formerly Mr. Bush’s Agriculture Secretary) Johanns’ “let’s not get crazy about organic” warning to the National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB) back on April 29, I also get word that this “niche market” (his term) actually grew by 17.1 percent overall in 2008, despite a tough economic environment. And we learn that the USDA restores $50 million for organic conversion via its EQUIP program.
Pastured pork dust-up shows growing biomimicry of sustainable food-system championsSubmitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 15:20.Messages from the sustainable ag community to a New York Times OpEd questioning the safety of pastured pork showed some "areas for growth," as well as progress toward positive biomimicry in dealing diversely and synergistically with a perceived threat.
Cows on grass (intensely) answer the perennials question: How to get more food, sustainably?Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 14:09.By using perennial sod crops (hay, grass and forages) we can save our soils from erosion, give cattle the best food for their four-stomach system and nurture a vast universe of underground biomass that sequesters carbon and cycles nutrients.
Search for peanut salmonella origin highlights microbial side of farming practicesSubmitted by Anonymous on Sun, 03/08/2009 - 08:12.Salmonella contamination at the farm level hasn't been an issue in the past for peanut growers, but the current search for a true source of the pathogen has investigators checking out farm practices. The few organic growers, their conventional counterparts and the researchers who work with them can seize the moment to assess risk factors from field to receiving dock to find the most sustainable way to produce an important and verrsatile food crop.
Organic standards deliver on food quality, bolstering further values from local sourcing, worker fairness and humane treatmentSubmitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 19:56.Organic standards require great farming that makes great food, but not everything good is contained in these rules. Humane livestock treatment guidelines are in the works, but fair trade is another label.
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