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.
Lundberg Family Farms' focus on soil health, conservation, and organic growing stretches all the way back to the 1930s.
From 2014 to 2021, Minnesota farmer James Wolf raised organic soybeans, corn and wheat, selling the grains to farmers across the midwest, both for seed and animal feed. Selling organic grain allowed ...
Whereas agriculture has existed for millennia, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association has been around for just a handful of decades. The very notion of organics is barely older than MOFGA ...
I spent two summers working on an organic farm near Nashville. During that time, I witnessed firsthand the meticulous cultivation of food as it traveled from the soil to a customer's hand. I learned ...
If you’re an American reading this, the odds say you suffer from chronic disease — 60 percent of U.S. adults have at least one chronic disease, and 40 percent have two or more. Heart disease, cancer ...
Operations in California that want to call their product organic need to register with the CDFA State Organic Program (SOP) and comply with USDA National Organic Program (NOP) regulations. Farmers who ...
Organic farming is often viewed as a more environmentally friendly system of food production. But do lower yields under offset any biodiversity gains? Producing enough food to provide adequate ...