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Environmentalists need to "walk the walk"
Environmental biologist and activist Janisse Ray says environmentalists need to raise the bar for themselves and tread more lightly on the planet now.
Forest stewardship and ecological farming can slow global warming
Management practices we can implement now may offer greater promise than technologies not yet fully developed.
Moms who eat organic food have healthier breast milk
British Journal of Nutrition studies show significantly higher levels of CLA and TVA
Cost is a barrier to a healthy school lunch
With only a dollar per kid to spend, school districts have challenges embracing “organic” and “local”
Two Angry Moms help improve school lunches
Documentary with same name helps good food crusaders across the country accomplish their mission
Organic food has more of what you want, less of what you don't
Medical journal offers laundry list of reasons to choose foods not farmed with synthetic chemicals
Critical soil-health indicators sought to show organic transition
Identifying the best ways to measure the essential aspects of converted soils will aid farmers and policy makers in managing for more sustainable outcomes.
Organic farming practices boost soil carbon, structure
Review of nine studies shows strong soil organic matter gains despite cultivation for weed control.
Modern research confirms historic observations about organic farming strengths
What Western observers documented 80 years ago – robust health in an agrarian population without access to processed foods and the vitality of agriculture based on locally produced compost in India—is being increasingly explained by research in other parts of the world.
Compost out-yields fertilizer in Ethiopian on-farm testing
A massive on-farm research collaboration involving data from 974 fields growing 13 crops over seven years in Ethiopia's Tigray province showed compost can replace chemical fertilizer—and increase yields by more than 30 percent, on average.
