An international team led by University of Alicante (UA) scientists has found that increasing the share of organic farming ...

It saw an NMU and MSU professor explain their learnings at Full Plate Farms in Skandia. The educators explained that Tillage ...

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

Fellow farmers, customers, and neighbors are raising money to help keep the Farmers’ Market mainstay’s operation running ...

Starting an organic farm requires space, seeds, livestock and money. Fortunately, some financial help is available for people hoping to establish an organic farming operation. Organic farms grow ...

Jonathan and Carolyn Olson’s family farm has been going for more than a century. But within the past 30 years, they’ve made some changes, focusing on raising organic crops. “It brings us different ...

Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "There are no existing scientific studies showing one method of farming is better than the other ...

Champions of organic farming have long portrayed it as friendlier to humans and the earth. But a new study in a California county found a surprising effect as their acreage grew: Nearby conventional ...

They turned traditional farms into fully organic enterprises, reducing costs with natural inputs and building direct market links. Their work inspired dozens of nearby farmers to adopt sustainable ...

The use of chemical-heavy pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers is common in non-organic farms, and traces of these may end ...