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 ...

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

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To help California fight climate change, air quality regulators would like to see 20% of the state’s farmland go organic by 2045. That means converting about 65,000 acres of conventional fields to ...

Bat activity falls as farms make the transition to organic agriculture, new research shows. Bat activity falls as farms make the transition to organic agriculture, new research shows. Organic farming ...

But as demand grows, organic farms are in decline. Organic acres slid nearly 11% from 2019 to 2021, the latest year of the USDA’s nationwide organic survey, while the number of farms actively ...

Commodity.com, LatticePublishing.com Feb 1, 2022 Feb 1, 2022 0 Organic products have seen a boom in demand in recent years. Researchers calculated the total certified organic acres operated as a ...