Who’s Keeping Organic Food Honest?
By Liz Carlisle, Ensia
An informal network among farmers may be more important than federal regulation in building trust in the organic industry — and it needs greater support.
Tag: organic agriculture
Future farms will be ecosystems that produce bountiful food
By Sam Bliss, The Bliss Point
Healthy land needs diversity. Have you ever seen a patch of wild nature occupied by just one species?
Till or spray? The question facing dryland grain farmers
By Sam Bliss, The Bliss Point
On Montana’s northern plains, some organic growers’ neighbors reportedly began referring to them as “weed farmers” a few decades ago. These organic pioneers had started to seed small, green plants in hopes of strengthening their soil.
An Interview with Agroecologist Jairo Restrepo
By Juanfran Lopez, Sustainable Food Trust
My mission now is to defend life. This is my purpose, my instinct, but also to protect the conditions that encourage perpetual and healthy life.
Reversing Climate Change: A Vision of an Organic Planet
By Mark Smallwood, Policy Innovations
A global shift to regenerative organic agriculture can reverse climate change. In fact, regenerative organic agriculture is the only viable option available to us and is readily achievable.
Why Grow Organic?
By Fred Kirschenmann, Douglas Gayeton, Sustainable Food Trust
In this interview between Douglas Gayeton and Fred Kirschenmann, Fred explains the history of USDA organic certification, the trouble with milking 50,000 cows and why the story behind our food means more to some than third party organic certification.
VIDEO: The Great Laws of Nature: Indigenous Organic Agriculture Documentary
By Noah Erenberg, Muskoday Organic Growers Co-op
Let's reconnect with our relatives in nature... The plant beings. Here's how: A group of First Nations People in Saskatchewan Canada are reclaiming their Indigenous organic and natural agricultural heritage, reconnecting with Nature, learning and observing her natural laws, and getting back on the road to self-reliance.
