What makes more sense when farming wheat—strips of wildflowers along fields or organic farming? Both options provide ...

There are plenty of agriculture buzzwords floating around the news these days (Agroforestry! Vertical farming! Sustainable intensification!), and it can be challenging to keep all these different ...

Plants adapt genetically over time to the special conditions of organic farming. This has been demonstrated in a long-term study conducted at the University of Bonn. The researchers planted barley ...

At dawn in a village field, a farmer bends to the soil and runs it through his fingers. It is dark, soft, alive. There is no smell of chemicals, no white residue on the leaves. What grows here is not ...

Many consumers assume that food labeled organic is grown without pesticides. The reality is more nuanced. Organic farmers can and do use pesticides, but the types of pesticides they use, the ...

The Rockefeller Foundation is among the investors to back a new fund, which aims to help U.S. farmers transition to regenerative organic agriculture methods. Perennial Fund II has been launched by the ...

Organic farming has gathered pace in the last few years, with 98.9 million hectares being managed organically across the world by the end of 2023, according to The Organic Research Centre. This was a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. After their town was devastated by floods in 2004, residents of Kiday in the Philippines shifted to organic methods when rebuilding their farms.

A few weeks ago we published the first in a new series of articles, Know Your Food. It was born out of the realisation that most people know surprisingly little about what they eat, and to apply a bit ...

The third Nerhema Organic Day-cum-Khuvie Nyi was celebrated at the Multipurpose Hall, Chiephobozou Town, on Wednesday, with ...