The United States Department of Agriculture recently awarded Rodale Institute a $25 million grant as part of the department’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative. This multimillion-dollar federal investment is the […]
American agriculture is at a critical juncture: Nearly one-third of farmers are past retirement age, and 93 million acres of farmland are poised to change hands in the next five […]
Meet Clarenda Stanley aka “Farmer Cee,” of Green Heffa Farms in Liberty, North Carolina. Green Heffa Farms is one of the few black woman-owned medicinal plant farms in the country. […]
Cornwall Manor Retirement Community and Rodale Institute, the global leader in regenerative organic agriculture, are proud to announce a unique collaboration and the creation of the “Cornwall Manor Rodale Institute […]
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 […]
Join us for an engaging educational event focused on regenerative organic agriculture, soil health operations, and organic tomato production. This event will also celebrate Piney Woods Farm as the recipient […]
In 40 years of research at the Farming Systems Trial, we’ve found that organic systems improve soil health and soil organic matter, while conventional systems remain essentially unchanged.
Authored by Richard Harwood2 Abstract The purpose of this chapter is twofold. I will summarize a few of the difficulties of researching organic agriculture and will explain how we have […]
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 […]
One year after launching Regenerative Organic Certified™ (ROC) standards, the Regenerative Organic Alliance (ROA) and their partners will report developments from the first year of ROC agricultural pilots. This seminar […]