10 Ways to Connect Soil and Human Health
In October 2018, researchers and subject experts from around the world met for the Soil Health Institute’s Conference on Connections Between Soil Health and Human Health. Attended by nearly 200 […]
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Erik Oberholtzer Appointed to Board of Directors
We’re happy to welcome Erik Oberholtzer—chef, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Tender Greens—to the Rodale Institute’s board of directors. Oberholtzer is committed to using his national and international relationships to support […]
Food as Medicine: Where Soil Health Meets Human Health
Are the foods you eat improving your health or causing you harm? And what does soil health have to do with it? In a new film produced by PBS, connect […]
Why Elizabeth Kucinich says YES to Organic
Since 1981, the Rodale Institute, America’s oldest organic research institute, has conducted North America’s longest side-by-side farming systems trial: comparing organic, conventional and, for the last handful of years, GMO […]
Healing Autism with Organic Food: One Family’s Amazing Story
When Andrea Phyrillas’s son Teddy was two years old, she had that sinking feeling only a mother knows. He wasn’t developing on track. “He couldn’t speak. He would flick light […]
A FARMER STORY: HAPPINESS IS A BOUQUET OF ORGANIC FLOWERS
After graduating from the RIFT program in the fall of 2022, Lizzy struck out to start her own flower farm, Bubbly Hills Farm, in 2023 on a half-acre of land […]
Maximize the Nutritional Value of Your Food
Vitamins are particularly fragile, therefore diced vegetables and fruit should be consumed as soon as possible. Precut and/or unrefrigerated produce left too long in open air (as in salad bars) […]
Mark Koide Appointed to Rodale Institute Board of Directors
Mark Koide, CEO of Kommunity Ventures and Founder of the Fund for Social Equity, will join Rodale Institute’s Board of Directors, effective July 17, 2023. Following a 30-year career as […]
A Nutritional Therapist Pivots to Farming
“Ask any Boy Scout,” says Jay Vilar, his blue flannel shirt and trucker hat both covered in a thin film of farm work. “You have to leave a place better […]
New: Free Online Course for Regenerative Organic Consumers
Rodale Institute, the global leader of regenerative organic agriculture, has launched “Being a Regenerative Consumer,” a new educational course for anyone interested in learning the basics about farming, food, and […]
