Organics in the News

Farm-To-School Programs Grow Students’ Appreciation for Locally Grown Food

As farmers struggle to mitigate the increasing cost of transporting produce from farm to store and schools face smaller budgets and increasing concerns over the nutritional content of school lunches, some schools opt to bring the ...

Farmer in Chief

With a suddenness that has taken us all by surprise, the era of cheap and abundant food appears to be drawing to a close. What this means is that you, like so many other leaders through history, will find yourself confronting the ...

Farm bill offers incentive to go organic

The new farm bill could help feed America's appetite for organic food by enticing more farmers to switch from conventional agriculture.

The legislation, which passed earlier this year, offers farmers as much as $20,000 a year t...

Atrazine found in lakes far from farm sources

The herbicide is showing up at low levels, including in the BWCA, apparently carried by wind and rain.

The widely used weed-killer atrazine is showing up in pristine lakes in northern Minnesota far from farm country, and scient...

Law offers cash to smooth shift to organic farms

The new farm bill could help feed America's appetite for organic food by enticing more farmers to switch from conventional agriculture.

The bill offers farmers as much as $20,000 a year to cover the cost of converting their far...