Organic News

You demand organic because you know it is better for you and for the environment. But you come up blank when the lady behind you at the grocery store criticizes the contents of your cart. Here is the meat behind the message--the top reasons for demanding organic and the science that supports that sound and sane choice.

Twenty-five years after the worst outbreak of pesticide poisoning in U.S. history, an agreement is announced that phases out all uses of aldicarb.

Ronnie Cummings, Director of the Organic Consumer Association, outlines just why we should be labeling genetically modified foods pulling a collection of the latest science to the forefront on the most commonly grown GMOs.

The folks who brought us The Story of Stuff have a new simple message about cosmetics: We're bathing ourselves in pretty bad stuff. Watch the story and then take action!

We’re getting ready for our Annual Field Day on July 16. This year the topic is Emerging Technologies in Organic Agriculture. Come out and join Rodale’s research team and invited speakers as they share information on reducing reliance on purchased inputs, maximizing living soil cover and minimizing erosion.

"Community-supported restaurants" (CSRs) may be a small trend, but the businesses can have a big impact on local economies (and palates). The residents of Hardwick Vermont are betting on farming, much of it organic, and the power of a CSR to solidify and inspire the community's pheonix rising.

United Farm Workers president Arturo Rodriguez appeared on The Colbert Report Thursday July 8, 2010 to talk about the food system's dependence on undocumented farm workers. Watch the clip then click to take action.

When Kathryn Thomas wanted to turn her sheep into lamb chops, the federal government required her to haul them across Puget Sound on a ferry and then drive three hours to reach a suitable slaughterhouse. Not anymore. These days, the slaughterhouse -- and the feds -- come to her.

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled on the first-ever case involving GMO crops--alfalfa genetically modifed to be resistant to the chemical herbicide Round-up to be exact. Immediately Monsanto hit the wire with self-congratulatory announcements that they “won” the day. But did they really win or did they just want everyone to think they did?

Despite Monsanto's delusional grandstanding, the Supreme Court's decision on GMO alfalfa maintains the ban on planting the engineered seed and for the first time ever recongizes the economic and environmental impacts of genetic contamination as illegal.