Energy Infrastructure and How to Protect Your Farm
On a crisp fall day, you could be thinking about your next farm chore while having your noon meal, and hear a knock at the door. A nice person informs […]
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No, the Organic Label is Not a Marketing Scam
What’s the Truth About Organic? Organic farming isn’t new. For as long as people have been growing food, natural and organic methods were the norm. What’s new is organic’s substantial […]
FFAR & The Organic Center Invest $632,000 into the Future of Organic Farming
The awards fund much-needed training, technical support and innovative climate research. These projects increase farmer access to knowledge and resources, with an emphasis on historically underserved communities. “Organic farming is […]
Can Organic Feed the World?
On the Rise With the global population set to hit 9.1 billion by 20501, it’s true that in the future we’ll need to grow more food than ever. But there’s […]
10 Tips For Adding Livestock to your Crop Rotation
What is integrated crop-livestock? Integrated crop-livestock management is a type of mixed farming that can exist in many forms and scales depending on external and internal factors. External factors can […]
Is Organic Really the Healthier Option?
A Recap Over the last four weeks (read essays one, two, three, and four), we’ve covered a lot of material about the myths and truths of organic including: Organic foods […]
Rodale Institute Goes West
As a fifth-generation farmer in the Oxnard Plain, Phil McGrath has seen a vast shift in California agriculture over the past 60 years. Particularly a loss of biodiversity, as Ventura […]
Native Plants Found in the US
As the local food movement gains traction across the nation, people are becoming more in tune with the soil and hands that produce their food. Equally important, however, is considering […]
Feeding the World: The Organic Way
Organic farmers and gardeners already witness every year the bountiful harvests possible when growing food in concert with nature. And anyone who supports their local organic growers at farmers’ markets […]
New Partnership with Ancient Nutrition Focuses on Regenerating Human Health
Starting this year, Ancient Nutrition is dedicating one percent of their annual revenue to begin the first stage of a 14-year project to study Rodale Institute’s methods of encouraging environmental […]
