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Organic News
VIDEO: Rodale CEO video interview explains how organic farming will combat climate change
Tim LaSalle highlights the ways U.S. farmers can become the leaders in fighting global warming in his "OnPoint" webcast interview.
RESEARCH REVIEW: Climate Change Solution
Agriculture is an undervalued and underestimated climate change tool that could be one of the most powerful strategies in the fight against global warming.
Organic dairy group supports grazing aspects of USDA proposal
A leading organic dairy farmer group—the Northeast Organic Dairy Producer Association—has given support to many aspects of the long-awaited USDA clarification on access to pasture requirements.
Fertilizer prices soar, but makers cite oversupply
In the eyes of many farmers and agricultural experts, fertilizer prices have seemed to defy the normal laws of economics.
Farmer-centric organic middlemen pioneer sustainable, bio-regional and fair-trade commerce
What do you get when you have “a bunch of social activists who are running a business,” and that business is about distributing regionally grown organic food in sustainable ways as directly as possible to retailers?
From the frontlines of the battle for sustainability and justice
The New York Times Magazine’s Food Fighter slideshow is a series of seven portraits of farmers and activists fighting to advance all aspects of sustainability.
South African farmers trained in organic ag to boost food, income stability
Fifty small-scale farmers in the Valley of a Thousand Hills in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province have been taught how to farm organically by non-governmental organization Valley Trust.
Yale nutritionist proposes “healthy food” scale based on nutrient density
The simple idea of the Overall Nutritional Quality Index (ONQI) is this: the higher the score given to a foodstuff, the more nutritious it is.
CSA project in British Columbia plans to move grain by sailboat
The first grain-based Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project in Canada will move sacks of wheat, spelt and oats on a "fleet" of sailboats across Kootenay Lake— a trip which by truck would meander over about 150 km of mountain highways
