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New Farm
California court to enforce new pesticide regulation
California court has decided that the Department of Pesticide Regulation must “consider health risks to farmworkers and residents when issuing fumigation regulations for methyl bromide.”
Organic ag group, Ohio State author organic transition manual
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association, in collaboration with university researchers in Ohio, have created a manual to ease farmers' transition to organic production.
Scientists use scent to control Japanese beetle populations
Chemical ecologists at UC Davis have been studying an enzyme from the Japanese beetle that could aid us in “controlling the invasive pest that has threatened U.S. agriculture since 1916.”
Organic forage yields compete with conventional in Midwest
A recent report from long-term comparisons in Wisconsin concludes organically-managed and similar low-input forage crop systems can yield as much, or more, dry matter as their conventionally managed counterparts.
Jigsaw report #1: Pests, as in weeds, insects and diseases
Field-day visitors learn about organic no-till, interact with researchers on worst problems, best answers.
Good compost made better
Good compost made better
The Rodale Institute takes “black gold” one step further.
SLIDESHOW: New farming strategy for the 21st Century, Part I
Snapshots from the Rodale Institute 2008 field day.
SLIDESHOW: New farming strategy for the 21st Century, Part I
Snapshots from the Rodale Institute 2008 field day.
SLIDESHOW: New farming strategy for the 21st Century, Part I
Snapshots from the Rodale Institute 2008 field day.
