Tag: organic farming

The Eighth Annual Organic Farming Conference will be held Nov. 9 and 10 at the Mt. Hope Event Center. 

Alan Guebert digs into recent decisions in Washington that have impacted the pork industry and organic blueberry farmers.

The Freedge aims to reduce food insecurity and food waste in communities all over the world. The movement promotes equal access to healthy food through public refrigerators that are used to share fresh food, fruits and vegetable. The movement is relatively new with the first community fridges appearing in 2016 in Europe. It became a worldwide effort and the movement has grown rapidly in recent years because of the pandemic, with over 1,000 community fridges operating in Europe, Canada and the United States.

At Purple Skies Farm, in North Royalton, Visar Duane, an occupational therapist, focuses on working in healthy, environmentally sustainable ways.

Farmers and representatives from ag and conservation groups met for a tour of Woodlyn Acres Farm Aug. 16, focusing on organic farming and soil health.

Alan Guebert explains why hundreds of other long-time organic farmers maintain that large portions of USDA-labeled "organic" products are not truly organic.

Urbanization has been both a blessing and a challenge for Maplestar Farms, which is located about 40 minutes from Cleveland, in Geauga County.

The Rodale Institute, a pioneer of the organic movement in America, will open the Midwest Organic Center near Cedar Rapids, Iowa this year.

Pennsylvania Certified Organic held its annual membership meeting in Bellefonte, Nov. 28.

Through the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program, $285,000 is available to make certification more affordable for organic producers in Ohio.