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From Canada’s The Star Phoenix: 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 measure… Read more here. From Environmental Health News: When compared to farms that maintain conventional chicken-raising practices, farmers who switch to organic farming methods reduce antibiotic-resistant bacteria – especially those resistant to more than one antibiotic – that can cause infection in people. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria were less common on chicken farms that had recently switched to organic farming practices when compared [...] From the LA Times: Monsanto Co. is expanding its reach -– into the grocery store’s produce aisle. The company said it plans to launch this fall a genetically modified sweet corn seed for farmers to grow. The corn, once ripe, would be harvested and then be carried in grocery stores in the U.S. and Canada. Though [...] “My Potato Project; The Importance of ‘Organic’” If you ever need a reason to buy locally grown food, here you go! “A child’s experiment turns into a lesson on the toxins in our food supply.” Space is limited. Register in advance online: http://www.cedarcirclefarm.org/events/classes/ Saturday, April 30 – 10:30 am-noon Earth! Soil testing and preparation – with Cat Buxton and Will aAllen – Famr manager and Author of the War on Bugs. It all begins with soil. We’ll help you determine how best to proceed in preparing your garcen soil to grow a [...] The Community Teaching Garden at Ethan Allen Homestead is now accepting applications for its Class of 2011. Classes are held Monday and Thursday evenings from May 2 through September 26. The basic course fee is $200, which includes 44 class sessions, use of a 4 foot by 20 foot organic raised bed, seeds, plants, special events, access to tools, and [...] Exeter, NH: The Northeast Organic Farmers Association of New Hampshire will host its annual conference for farmers, gardeners and others who care about local food and agriculture issues on Saturday, March 19 in Exeter, New Hampshire. More than 1,000 attendees are expected to attend this year’s event, with a theme of “Localizing Food: Organic Matters.” “This [...] The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is a Federal regulation that applies to organic growers using pesticides when growing agricultural plants on farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses. The WPS requires the owner of a commercial farm to take steps to reduce the risk of pesticide exposure and possible illness and injury to employees, while organic pesticides are used. The WPS [...] Nation’s Largest Corporate Dairy Violates USDA Ruling, Acts as if it’s above the Law From the Cornucopia Institute http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/02/23-3 The Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit farm policy research group, is dedicated to the fight for economic justice for the family-scale farming community. Their Organic Integrity Project acts as a corporate [...] As you probably know, organic farms and sales have been steadily growing for years. Vermont Organic Farmers, a program of NOFA Vermont, first began certification of organic farms in 1985; by 1990 there were 57 certified organic farms, and in 2000 there were 212. Here are the latest numbers of Vermont Organic Farmers’ certified farms and processors. (These statistics [...] |
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