To some extent, organic apple growers in the Pacific Northwest are suffering from their own success. But the rewards of organic orchard management go beyond price premiums, say the owners and managers of Pine Creek Orchards.

You have more at stake than next year's yields.

Roy Brubaker, his family, and six interns collaborate, innovate and share labor, food and meaning on the Brubakers' 30-acre organic produce farm in western Pennyslvania.

Decades of soil improvements produce better soil quality and allow organic corn production to move beyond yield parity, while providing better resilience in drought and wet years.

From one-week volunteer farm stays to three-year diploma courses, the world of international organic ag training opportunities is growing fast.

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Farmers enter town's economy through weekly market, cooperative venture and a supportive brewpub Sustainability center gives grad students experience in ag production, marketing and economic networking that drives local economy.

Consortium of partners targeting famine prevention calls for biological farming methods that put the small farmer and the soil front and center. Several document authors take issue with article focusing a few dissenters rather than the big picture.

Esteemed writer Michael Pollan, author of new best-seller "In Defense of Food" tells how overproduction of commodity crops has led to overconsumption and obesity, and he challenges the wisdom of "organic high-fructose corn syrup" and the machinations that would create such products.