Organics in the News
Mooing at cows beneficial
A farmer in the English county of Devon says he has been able to boost his cows' milk production by simply mooing at them.
Farmer Graham Vallis said by conducting a meditative mooing session with his cows for five minutes befor...
Organic farm profits nearly double in 2007
There's plenty of green on organic farms, and it's more than just lush fields of grains and vegetables. Organic farms are earning more than ever, thanks to high prices for their products. A recent report shows Minnesota organic fa...
Congress Poised To Cut Conservation Funds That Aided Farm Bill's Passage
Behind the thin green gloss Congressional leaders spread across the subsidy-laden 2008 farm bill, key Democratic lawmakers are hacking away at promises to expand conservation and other environmental programs.
When the bill beca...
PHILIPPINES: Organic Farming - The Way Forward
NUEVA ECIJA - Sustainable agriculture was far from farmer Peter Desisto’s mind when he went to an organic farming seminar organised by the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) ten years ago. He and other farmers attend...
Can Organic Farming Save the World? Or is Poison Better?
The Organic Center reports that converting the nation's eight million acres of produce farms to organic would reduce pesticide dietary risks by about 97 percent. The Organic Center provides the first-ever quantitative estimate of ...
