1. Family managed farming, organic and conventional, is in crisis in many areas because policy makers and the general public do not know what values would be lost if industrial agriculture swept the ...

The Purdue Extension Organic Agriculture program coordinates extension and collaborative research programs in organic agriculture in Indiana. County educators work with the organic agriculture ...

We recently compiled a list of the 7 Best Organic Food and Farming Stocks to Buy. In this article, we are going to take a ...

I am not convinced that slats and straw complement each other at all when it comes to housing cattle in an organic system.

An immediate goal is to develop and test the practical and economic impacts of alternative soil, and crop management strategies for pesticide-free farming systems, and the feasibility of organic crops ...

Wildlife in rivers is protected. Productivity is lower on organic farms. ADVANTAGES Chemical-free food grown to meet consumer demands. DISADVANTAGES More labour intensive – it takes the farmer ...

The number of organic farms in the country has declined by nearly 5% over the past five years, from 18,166 in 2017 to 17,321 ...

While going fully organic would produce fewer direct emissions than conventional farming, researchers say it would limit food production. As a result more imports would be needed, resulting in up ...

As more and more money is going into this research, one organization has put itself at the center of regenerative organic farming in the US: Mad Agriculture, a non-profit hoping to improve the ...

More information: Organic farming and annual flower strips reduce parasite prevalence in honey bees and boost colony growth in agricultural landscapes, Journal of Applied Ecology (2024). DOI: 10. ...

Almost 400 pesticides are used in conventional farming, but only 26 have been approved for organic farming.So why are many non-organic farmers happy to use chemical pesticides? They all undergo a ...