The Farming Systems Trial: A Legacy
While it’s hard to imagine today, with entire grocery aisles devoted to organic products, the USDA Organic certification is less than a generation old. Formally established with the Organic Foods […]
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Variations in Soil Health Indicators as a Result of Cropping Systems and Management Practices in the Vegetable Systems Trial at Rodale Institute
Authored by Dr. Gladis Zinati 1, * 1 Director of the Vegetable Systems Trial, Rodale Institute, 611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown, PA 19530 *Corresponding author, Email: gladis.zinati@rodaleinstitute.org Overview Soil and crop […]
Literature Review: Crop & Livestock Integration
Organic Crops and Livestock Driven by consumer demand, organic food sales have increased from $3.6 billion in 1997 to $31.5 billion in 2013 (OTA, 2014) and $52.5 billion in 2018 […]
Farming Systems Trial
For more than 40 years, the Farming Systems Trial (FST) at Rodale Institute has applied real-world practices and rigorous scientific analysis to document the different impacts of organic and conventional […]
Impacts of Conventional & Organic Management Practices on Soil Health and Water Quality
Authored by Mukherjee, A.*1, Bier, R.2, Omondi, E.1, Kan, J.2, Daniels, M.2 Introduction As of 2011, organic farming was being practiced in 162 countries around the world using only 0.86%, […]
The Rodale Institute Farming Systems Trial 1981 to 2005: Long-term analysis of organic and conventional maize and soybean cropping systems
Authored by Paul Reed Hepperly1*, David Douds Jr.2, and Rita Seidel1 Abstract The high cost of farmers transitioning to organic agriculture, the low nitrogen availability, and high weed competition associated […]
Variation of Total Phenolics in Lehigh and Purple Majesty Potato Cultivars with Cropping Systems in the Vegetable Systems Trial
Gladis Zinati, Ph.D.1,* and Lavanya Reddivari, Ph.D. 2 1Director of the Vegetable Systems Trial, Rodale Institute, 611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown, PA 19530; 2Assistant Professor, Food Science, Purdue University, 745 Agriculture […]
Webinar: Lessons from Farming Systems Trial
This webinar, presented by Dr. Emmanuel Omondi, Director of Rodale Institute’s Farming Systems Trial (FST), will share results from North America’s longest-running side-by-side comparison of organic versus conventional farming systems. […]
Is Organic Farming Really Worse for the Climate? A Response
Recent headlines have purported that organic farming is worse for the climate than conventional farming. This claim is based on a scientific study recently published in the journal Nature, titled […]
Industrial Hemp Trials: Preliminary Results
In 2017, Rodale Institute initiated a four-year trial studying the effects of industrial hemp on soil health and weed suppression. The project has just concluded its second year. Below is […]
