Biodiversity
Through the use of toxic pesticides and herbicides and reliance on monocultures, conventional farming eliminates biodiversity.
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Want Cleaner Water? Invest in Regenerative Agriculture
Clean water is one of the biggest environmental priorities in the world right now—it’s a critical resource that affects human health, biodiversity, and so much more. And it’s directly related […]
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 […]
Our Story
But during the last century, the rise of chemical-based agriculture has dramatically changed the way we produce our food. Increasingly corporate and mechanized, today’s conventional farms are saturated with artificial […]
Partnering to Empower Regenerative & Organic Farmers
Regenerative and organic farmers: receive FREE technical assistance and pollinator habitat plants General Mills has a commitment to advance regenerative organic agriculture, and is providing FREE technical services from Rodale […]
Wait, Organic Farmers Use Pesticides?
Getting Straight on Glyphosate Many families choose organic to avoid exposure to toxic chemicals. Enter glyphosate. Glyphosate is the chief ingredient in the weed-killer RoundUp, one of the most commonly […]
The Leaders Who Founded the Organic Movement
Built on practices that increase soil health such as composting, crop rotation, and grazing animals on pasture, organic agriculture has grown into a global industry that is worth over $200 […]
Improving the Ecosystem, One Tree at a Time
Tree As A Crop uses a simple concept that offers extraordinary potential to create ecological, social and economic health. Modeled on the natural cycle of planting, harvesting and replanting annual […]
Ditch Chemicals by Using Microorganisms
Who wouldn’t be suspicious? Right from the get-go, this workshop is promising cure-all concoctions that bring new life to everything they touch. The potions work in ways that are difficult […]
Biotechnology: a Band-Aid Approach to Sustainability
Biotechnology is a band-aid approach to “fix” long-term problems with short-term solutions. Much has been written on agricultural sustainability, leaving us with a word that now has tremendous baggage. Many […]
