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Victory for Organic Farmers: Court Rules Drifting Pesticides are Trespassers
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled last month that chemical pesticides used by conventional farmers that cross property lines contaminating neighboring organic farms could be considered trespassing,...
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Nation’s Two Largest Organic Dairy Suppliers Face-Off in Court Over Ethics
The two largest providers of organic milk in the U.S., Organic Valley and Horizon Organics, are in the midst of a lawsuit over what Horizon alleges was a breach of contract and the misappropriation of...
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Leave Your Chemicals at the Border: Bhutan Going 100 Percent Organic
Jigmi Thinley prime minister of Bhutan, the small Himalayan country situated between China and India, has announced that the nation is planning to convert all its agricultural land to organic farms,...
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Monsanto Ordered to Federal Court Over Seed Patents
A lawsuit brought about by 83 food and agriculture groups will finally face off with Monsanto at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. early next year.
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Evolving Eating: Ellen’s Vegan Website is a Sign of the Times
Oprah Winfrey reinvented television, print media and the ways in which a human can embrace the ever-complex situation of… being human. It wasn’t easy; she was ridiculed and criticized, but her vision...
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2 Oregon Goat Cheese Farmers Who Opt Out of Organic Certification
As we continue our close-up on local cheese makers, we move west. The Pacific Northwest is home to a large variety of goat cheese producers, big and small. Many work with all-natural products and...
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Earth Day Profile: At SoCal’s Flora Bella Farm, Produce Is Bellisima!
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Earth Day Profile: Otto Kramm, A Happy Convert to Organic Farming
Today, organic farming is booming, but just a few years ago — as many of us remember — there were much fewer opportunities to buy organic. What you might not be aware of are the opportunities, or lack...
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Earth Day Profile: Master Gardener Darel Watts Returns to His Roots
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Save the Quinoa (But Not From Vegans)
The controversy over quinoa—the South American grain gaining popularity in America—has been going on for some time. The issue is outwardly simple: fetching a higher price when exported to countries...
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One-Third of U.S. Organic Farms Face Contamination from GMOs
Organic farmers adhere to strict growing standards that ensure their crops meet USDA guidelines for organic certification. But the growth in the number of genetically modified crops is contaminating...
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9 Idyllic Images of Americana: Life on the Farm
The farm is Americana. It’s the heartland, the bread basket, the soul of our nation. Life on the farm is essential to all of our survival, even if most of us never set foot outside of metropolitan...
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Get Ready to Fall in Love With Chef Rob Ruiz, The Master of Progressively...
Chef Rob Ruiz is dedicated to using sustainable seafood. So much so that his restaurant, The Land & Water Company (a fusion “French Izakaya” establishment) in Carlsbad, Calif., is known for its...
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USDA Says It Won’t Investigate Major Organic Farms For Alleged Animal...
According to the organic watchdog group, the Cornucopia Institute, the USDA has refused to investigate 14 legal complaints brought on by the organization. The complaints allege that major organic...
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Organic Farming on the Rise: More than 20,000 U.S. Organic Farms
Organic farming is on the rise, according to new information released by the Agricultural Marketing Service’s National Organic Program (NOP). Today, there are 21,781 certified organic operations in...
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America’s Farmers Market Obsession is Growing Smaller (but Better) Farms
As of 2014, there were more than 8,000 farmers markets in the U.S.—a dramatic leap from a decade earlier, when there were just 3,700 markets across the country selling locally grown fruits and...
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Organic Products Reach New Record High: $43.3 Billion in 2015
The sale of organic products in the U.S. reached a new record of $43.3 billion in 2015, according to the Organic Trade Association’s 2016 Organic Industry Survey. $39.7 billion of the sales were...
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Organic Agriculture Boosts Economies and Reduces Poverty, New Report Shows
A new report released by the Organic Trade Association today shows a positive link between organic agriculture and economic health on the local level. This groundbreaking news follows the release of...
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US Organic Farming Land Reaches Record 4.1 Million Acres
iStock/valio84sl United States organic farming land has reached 4.1 million acres in 2016, a new record and an 11 percent increase as compared to 2014, according to a new report. While California still...
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General Mills is Building a Massive 53-Square-Mile Organic Supply Chain in...
iStock/AVTG Multinational food giant General Mills, perhaps best known for its Cheerios brand of breakfast cereal, announced earlier this month that it will be transitioning 53 square miles of farmland...
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