Tag: organic farming
Working in healthy ways keeps occupational therapist going at Purple Skies...
At Purple Skies Farm, in North Royalton, Visar Duane, an occupational therapist, focuses on working in healthy, environmentally sustainable ways.
Farmers talk soil health, weather at Woodlyn Acres Farm tour
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.
Truth in labeling is not ‘branding’
Alan Guebert explains why hundreds of other long-time organic farmers maintain that large portions of USDA-labeled "organic" products are not truly organic.
Maplestar Farm makes the most of urbanization
Urbanization has been both a blessing and a challenge for Maplestar Farms, which is located about 40 minutes from Cleveland, in Geauga County.
Rodale Institute opening organic center in Iowa
The Rodale Institute, a pioneer of the organic movement in America, will open the Midwest Organic Center near Cedar Rapids, Iowa this year.
Pa. Certified Organic holds meeting
Pennsylvania Certified Organic held its annual membership meeting in Bellefonte, Nov. 28.
Ohio has $285,000 for organic cost-share program
Through the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program, $285,000 is available to make certification more affordable for organic producers in Ohio.
New York plans organic event for March 16-17
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York is expanding its sixth annual Organic Dairy & Field Crop Conference to two days, March 16-17
New York organic group to hold hemp and crop update
The meeting will include an update on organic hemp production and presentations on nutrient balancing, crop production and alternative forage production.
An organic interest in Pyrethrum
Insect control is safer and more sophisticated than ever before, but demand for organically-grown food has revived interest an ancient Persian pesticide.
