In 1989, the Agriculture Department at Western Illinois University identified a historically pesticide-free, limited-fertilizer, 80-acre farm located near the WIU campus. From 1989 through 2002, we ...

A Church-run center in South Korea works to educate people about the farmers’ efforts to produce organic food, amid increasing challenges of climate change and a lack of interest in farming. The ...

LA FARGE, Wisc. — The desk of Organic Valley CEO Shawna Nelson is about 20 feet away from the cubicle she first started at as an intern with the company 20 years ago. Nelson grew up a few miles from ...

The question of whether hydroponic production can be certified as organic now rests with a panel of federal appeals court judges, who seemed to be inclined to affirm a lower court decision allowing ...

COMSTOCK, Minn. -- Organic farming in the Red River Valley -- a region known for conventional wheat and sugar beet production -- is a challenge, says Curtis Ballard of Ogema. Organic producers and ...

Organic farming refers to a method of agriculture that uses fertilizers made from animal and plant wastes and other biological materials. Recognizing the environmental harm of traditional farming, ...

Agricultural machinery is seen at work at an organic farm in Serbia started by Slovenian business couple Iza and Samo Login in this undated handout photo (Courtesy of Login5) MILAN, March 5 (Thomson ...

Even now, running an organic farm means you have to sell the idea of organic farming, as well as the produce that grows there. Unless, of course, you farm in Boulder County. Erin Dreistadt checks the ...

We are no longer facing the question of whether there is climate change; ask any farmer — it’s changed. We are now facing a climate crisis; and the real question is, what are the immediate and ...