Many farmers are well aware that organic farming is a good thing to do. But knowing that something is right and actually implementing it fully are two very different things. Many farmers, even those ...

Producers warn of stalled federal payments and market consolidation, but say demand for local food remains strong.

According to our “friends” at the EWG, “American consumers spent a total of $20.4 billion on organic fruits and vegetables, fresh and frozen combined, in 2020, making organic produce now 15 percent of ...

Again and again I hear proponents of a new and better farming system explain how it will improve agriculture, the environment and the climate, and at the same time increase profits in farming. Today, ...

I am looking at the cover of an issue of Organic Gardening and Farming magazine published in the 1970s. A young American family is on the cover. They are standing in their well-tended kitchen garden.

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Editor's Note: The following is part of a class project originally initiated in the classroom of Ball State University professor Adam Kuban in fall 2021. Kuban continued the project this fall, ...

Nick Wallace, owner of 99 Counties meat delivery service, on Aug. 9 plans a path to drive his cattle to a new pasture for grazing at his family farm in Keystone. His company’s organic meat delivery ...