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DIY has done wonders in the metal shop. Why not try it in the fields, too?
Natural systems agriculture offers a practical alternative to ‘command and control’ production models
Environmentalist and author spoke at CropConnect
Canadian growers produce in a cleaner environment and to a higher standard, says Manitoba Organic Alliance president
A recent Iowa conference looked at the role women have in creating sustainable agricultural networks
A university instructor is turning his nano farm into a living laboratory for sustainable farming systems
I spoke to a number of young farmers recently and learned that they are questioning the business decision that every farmer makes every year: Hold $2 million in assets, invest another $250,000 cash in a crop in order to get $60,000 profit. And that is if everything goes right, which it typically doesn’t. What isConsumers are turning to organic products as a guarantee of integrity after meat products were mislabelled
Reuters / Sales of organic products in Britain continued to decline last year in contrast to continental Europe but the horsemeat scandal has sparked a revival, the country’s main organic certification body, the Soil Association, said March 20. “In the worst economic downturn in living memory, it’s not surprising to find subdued sales of a
