Study debunks myths on organic farms
www.thestarphoenix.com - September 27, 2011
The results are in from a 30-year side-by-side trial of conventional and organic farming methods at Pennsylvania's Rodale Institute. Contrary to conventional wisdom, organic farming outperformed conventional farming in every measu...
Read moreThe Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities
www.thenation.com - September 26, 2011
There is, however, another current, which is democratizing power and aligning farming with nature’s genius. Many call it simply “the global food movement.” In the United States it’s building on the courage of truth tellers from Up...
Read moreGormans earn conservation honor
http://www.agrinews.com - September 15, 2011
If you sit quietly in Bill and Susan Gorman's pasture, you can hear the Jerseys rhythmically pulling mouthfuls of orchard, timothy and brome grass. The Jerseys are efficient mowers, harvesting the pastures to produce milk that'...
Read morePesticides in food linked to ADHD in kids
www.msnbc.com - September 12, 2011
Levels of pesticides commonly encountered across the country in food as well as around the home are significantly increasing children's risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and could be causing an in...
Read moreU.S. researchers find Roundup chemical in water, air
reuters.com - September 08, 2011
Significant levels of the world's most-used herbicide have been detected in air and water samples from two U.S. farm states, government scientists said on Wednesday, in groundbreaking research on the active ingredient in Monsanto...
Read moreOrganic farming can be more profitable in the long-term than conventional agriculture
www.sciencenewsdaily.com - September 08, 2011
Organic farming is known to be environmentally sustainable, but can it be economically sustainable, as well? The answer is yes, according to new research in the Sept.-Oct. issue of Agronomy Journal. In an analysis of 18 years of ...
Read moreWI Organic Expert: The Future is Bright
www.publicnewsservice.org - August 29, 2011
The recession that started in 2008 meant a couple of tough years for Wisconsin's organic dairy industry, with near-zero growth. However, growth rates are back in the double-digits now, according to Joe Pedretti, an organic educati...
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